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The Queen’s Piper helped close the funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Pipe Major Paul Burns, the monarch’s personal player at the time of her death ...
With the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, a historic 70-year reign comes to a close. ... 10 Songs About Queen Elizabeth II. A.D. Amorosi. September 8, 2022 at 5:53 PM ... Best of Variety
"Sleep, Dearie, Sleep" was played at the end of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. [4] The Queen's piper, Warrant Officer Class 1 (Pipe Major) Paul Burns, whose task was playing the bagpipes outside the Queen's window each morning to wake her up, performed the traditional lament.
The stately, mournful piece was played at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April 2021, as well as the procession to the lying in state of the Queen Mother and the funeral of King Edward VII.
The Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264, is an anthem by George Frideric Handel. It was composed and first performed for the funeral of Caroline of Ansbach [a] at Westminster Abbey on 17 December 1737. [1] Handel slightly re-worked the anthem and used it for the opening section of his oratorio Israel in Egypt in 1739. [2]
English: March included in "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" (1695) by Henry Purcell. Composed for 4 slide trumpets; adapted for 3 trumpets and 1 valve trombone and later 3 euphoniums and 1 tuba, accompanied by a tupan and a subbass drum.
The funeral ended with the Queen's Piper, Pipe Major Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, playing "Sleep, Dearie, Sleep," adapted from a Gaelic song called Caidil mo ghaol. The coffin ...
The funeral of Queen Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) in Westminster Abbey was not until 5 March 1695. Purcell composed a setting of the sixth of the seven sentences of the Anglican Burial Service ("Thou Knowest Lord", Z. 58C) for the occasion, together with the March and Canzona, Z. 780. [1]