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A contemporary newspaper report states that there was a choir of 40 and a full orchestra of 160 musicians, although an official source gives the total number of musicians, choir and orchestra, as 185. They were accommodated in temporary galleries over and above the altar. This is the first coronation
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A Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the 11th of October, 1727 : also a list of the claims of several persons to do service at the coronation,
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would be replaced upon the royal succession; however, Queen Caroline supported Walpole and advised George to keep him in office, which he did. George and Caroline attended celebrations for
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The Great Solemnity of the Coronation of the King and Queen of England According to the Use of the Church of England, George Allen & Company, London
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reported that the coronation "in every one's Opinion, was the most magnificent of any yet seen in England". The public celebrated the event by lighting
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One of the silver coronation medals that were scattered around the abbey during the service and thrown into the crowd during the returning procession
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Scaffolding was erected in Westminster Abbey to seat 140 foreign visitors, with four seats allocated for "those who sold Wine, Coffee
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The coronation was budgeted at £8,720. By tradition, ceremonial preparations ought to have been conducted by the hereditary
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before arriving at the abbey. After the passengers of the coaches disembarked, the coaches left the abbey and proceeded to
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and Channel Row, and passed along Charles Street (now King Charles Street). They then passed through Story's Gate (now
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for which public rehearsals of the music were held and the first for which the printed sheet music was published.
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in the Abbey". There were also 60 seats for the choir and "the Private Musick". Tickets for a front seat cost 10
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by turning up Little Queen Street (Now Old Queen Street); they returned via the same route in the evening.
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and crowned by the archbishop. The crowning was met with cheering from the spectators, as well as trumpet
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There is little surviving information on the other music used during the service. The entrance anthem, "
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and an account of Their Majesties entertainment at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayor's Day following
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in the abbey and gun salutes in Green Park and at the Tower of London; the peers wore their
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A Song to a Minuet att a Ball on the Happy Coronation Day of George our King, 11 October.
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was required to lift the skirt so that she could kneel. George and Caroline returned to
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were presented to the peers and peeresses, and silver medals were scattered amongst the
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on the "Head, the Breast, and Palms of his Hands" with holy oil, invested with the
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and the bishops their caps. After the peers had pledged loyalty during the
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Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations: From James I to Elizabeth II
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was commissioned to write four new coronation anthems, one of which,
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George had ascended to the throne upon the death of his father,
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King George II and Queen Caroline in coronation robes, by
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Coronation of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs
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Queen Caroline was also anointed, and crowned, with the
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Map of the coronation route taken with south at the top
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At 8 am, peers involved in the procession met in the
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was commissioned to write four anthems, those being
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Index



Charles Jervas
Westminster Abbey
King George II
Queen Caroline
Great Officers of State
Church of England
Garter Principal King of Arms
Peers
Mistress of the Robes
coronation
George II
Caroline
king
queen
Great Britain
Ireland
Westminster Abbey
George Frideric Handel
Zadok the Priest
George I
Hanover
Robert Walpole
Lord Mayor's Day
Earl Marshal
Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk
Roman Catholic
Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex
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