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Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra : ウィキペディア英語版 | Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
The coronation of Edward VII and his wife Alexandra as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Empire took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902. Originally scheduled for 26 June of that year, the ceremony had been postponed at very short notice, because the King had been taken ill with an abdominal abscess that required immediate surgery. ==Preparations== The previous coronation, that of Queen Victoria in 1838, had been an unrehearsed and somewhat lacklustre event in the Abbey, though the newly extended street procession and celebrations around the country had been a great popular success. The success of Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees had created the expectation that Edward's coronation would be an expression of the nation's status as a great imperial power. In December 1901, an Executive Coronation Committee was formed, whose leading member, Viscount Esher, worked closely with the King to set the agenda for the event.〔Cowgill, Rachel and Rushton, Julian (2006) (''Europe, Empire, and Spectacle in Nineteenth-century British Music'' ), Ashgate Publishing Limited, ISBN 978-0-7546-5208-3 (pp. 115–116)〕 Esher had been responsible for organising the Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and was one of the driving forces behind the renewed enthusiasm for royal ceremonial.〔Range, Matthias (2012), (''Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations: From James I to Elizabeth II'' ), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-02344-4 (pp. 225–262)〕 The position of Director of Music was given to Sir Frederick Bridge, the organist and choirmaster at Westminster Abbey; the first Abbey organist since Henry Purcell to be given that role. Bridge had successfully transformed the quality of music at the Abbey and had directed the music at the Golden Jubilee, for which he had been made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.〔Beeson, Trevor (2009) (''In Tuneful Accord: The Church Musicians'' ), SCM Press, ISBN 978-0-334-04193-1 (p.80)〕
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