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Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode
Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode is an ode ''"So many true Princesses who have gone"'' written by John Masefield and set to music for choir and orchestra by Sir Edward Elgar for the occasion of the unveiling of Sir Alfred Gilbert's memorial to Queen Alexandra on 8 June 1932〔 Queen Alexandra had died over six years before the unveiling of the memorial. The date chosen, 8 June 1932, was the 21st anniversary of Alexandra Rose Day〕 outside Marlborough House in London.〔The Memorial, a Grade I Listed building, by Sir Alfred Gilbert, is located at Marlborough Gate, opposite St. James's Palace〕
==History==
It was Masefield's first commission as Poet Laureate, and Elgar, as Master of the King's Musick, was requested to set the verses in mid-May 1932, shortly before his seventy-fifth birthday.〔Moore, ''Edward Elgar, a Creative Life'', p.798〕 Elgar originally set the poem to an orchestral accompaniment but, due to a change of plan, the accompaniment was hurredly re-arranged by Captain Andrew Harris of the Welsh Guards so it could be played by a Military Band.〔Maine, ''Edward Elgar: His Life and Works: Works'', p. 253〕
The day chosen for the unveiling of the memorial by the King was Alexandra Rose Day. At the beginning of the ceremony outside Marlborough House, Elgar, wearing magnificent robes, conducted the chorister children of the Chapels Royal, the choir of Westminster Abbey,〔Geoffrey Hodgkins of the Elgar Society relates that amongst them was the 12-year-old David Willcocks〕 and the band of the Guards in a performance of the Ode.〔"Alexandra the Rose Queen" ''The Times'', 9 June 1932 p. 13 col. F〕〔''The Daily Telegraph'', 9 June 1932〕
The orchestra and band parts have since been lost. The only manuscript of the work is in the Library of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle: a vocal score handwritten by the composer, which includes indications of the orchestral instrumentation.
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