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不知道有多少人會關注英國國王查爾斯三世加冕大典。

我英國朋友跟我提英國國王查爾斯三世加冕大典相關音樂

我想就跟大家分享一下,當作科普,哈哈。

我是從我英國朋友才知道,原來之前查爾斯二世還有英國女王加冕,

所用的音樂是韓德爾的撒督祭司- Zadok the Priest。

韓德爾的撒督祭司- Zadok the Priest就是韓德爾獻給查爾斯二世的曲子。

韓德爾雖然出生在德國Halle,但他大概二十幾歲還是三十歲就去到英國,

後來也成為英國公民。

如果你知道看江老師邀請焦元溥講解哪些音樂家很有錢,

你就會知道韓德爾很有錢,因為他老闆就是英國國王。(查爾斯二世應該感覺被cue到了)

https://youtu.be/RjGOgUharWA?t=366

 

我英國朋友說,在這首撒督祭司- Zadok the Priest,

歌詞裡面提到"God Save the King", "Long Live the King" (吾皇萬歲萬萬歲的概念)。

他說因為這裡講到的King指的是所羅門王,

所以即使登基的是女王,歌詞依然是"God Save the King", "Long Live the King",

而不是Queen。

 

我英國朋友是這麼寫的:"One of Handel's famous pieces of music is 'Zadok the Priest', which

was written for the coronation of King George II, and has been sung at

every coronation since. It was also the first piece of music ever to

be played on Classic FM. The words are from the Bible, but what makes

it particularly dramatic to me is the long introduction that leads up

to the choral part. One interesting thing, which I've just read and

had wondered about before, is that it contains lyrics such as "God

Save the King", "Long Live the King". However, unlike the national

anthem, the lyrics don't change when there is a Queen. So the version

with "King" was still sung at the Queen's coronation in 1953. (This is

because the song is referring to King Solomon in the Bible.)"

 

另外,我英國朋友補充說,如果反觀英國作曲家Benjamin Britten在1962年所寫的英國國歌,

裡面的歌詞就會看登基者性別而改為King或Queen。

所以這次在英國每年暑假都會舉辦的夏季音樂會,

這將會是他們首度在英國國歌裡面唱成"God Save the King"。

 

"Benjamin Britten's version of the National Anthem was written in 1962,

so it has always been sung with the lyrics 'God Save the Queen'. But

of course, there's no reason they shouldn't change it for the King

just like any other version.

 

At the Last Night, they are still going to do Benjamin Britten's

version of the National Anthem. I was sure they still would. It will

be the first time at the Proms that they will sing it as "God Save the

King". Maybe it'll be the first time Britten's version has ever been

performed with those words."

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