New-York tribune., 1902-08-10
THE CORONATION MUSIC.
HOW. THE SOLEMN MUSICAL SERVICES
WERE RENDERED-FANFARE ON
SILVER TRUMPETS.

SILVER TRUMPETS.
Copyright: 1902: By The Tribune Association)
Special to New-YorB Tribune hy French Cahleo
London. Aug 9-Since the reign of Charles
II the coronation music has been English
Henry Cook composed most Of the music for
the Restoration ceremonial and when James
II was crowned Henry Purcell one Of the
greatest English musicians, composed the scores
for two anthems. DR.. Child wrote a Te Deum
and Dr. Blow provided two fresh numbers Of
the programme. Handel, who was a naturalized
Englishman and composer for the court, wrote
four anthems for the coronation Of George II,
and one Of them, ''Zadok the Priest" has held
its place as the permanent accompaniment for
the amounting ceremony. Thomas Atwood was
the chief composer for the coronati n of George
" and William " At the coronation of Vic
toria Sir George Smart. the organist Of the
Chapel Royal, supplanted Mr.. Turtle, the or
ganist of the Abbey, and introduced an orches-
| ira of III players to accompany a chorus OF 2SS
singers The band was criticised over strong
for the choir, and there was complaint, possibly
among Mr.. Turtles friends that proper bal
ance between voices and instruments was not
maintained The proportions have been altered
for the Kings coronation, the orchestra being
| reduced to about eighty performers, and the
| chorus enlarged to four hundred and reinforced
| by powerful voices like those of Mr.. Edward
| Lloyd Mr.. Barton McGuckin and Mr.. Ben
| Davies.
Sir Frederick Bridge has been left in charge
Of the music. and has been highly favored with
the friendly cooperation Of Sir Walter Parratt,
the organist of St. Georges, Windsor. and Mr..
! Walter Alcock whose playing at the Chapel
Royal is greatly admired. The bandsmen were
| drawn from various orchestras, and the singers
from the chors Of the Abbey. ST Pauls, the
| Chapel Royal, St Georges at Windsor. the
Temple Church and Rochester and other cathe-
drals The musicians were in uniform an
| orchestral platform, and the singers, in white
surplices or dresses. in galleries on either side
of the organ The music was, with single
ception, exclusively English, Handel being ac-
credited to the land Of his adoption. The excep-
ton was DR.. Camille Saint t-Saenss ''Marche
| du Couronnenlent," which was one of the or
chestral numbers after DR.. Governs Corona
| ton March DR.. Cigars Imperial March, Mr..
Percy Godfrey's Coronation March" and Sir
A. c. Mackenzie's Coronation March had
| been played. The following programme was
carried out under the direction of Sir Frederick
| Bridge. the organist being Mr.. Alcock and Sir
Walter Parratt conducting his own anthem;
THE PROGRAMME.
| Opening anthem. Il was Glad" Sir Hubert
Parry.
| Introit, 90 Hearken Thou" Sir Arthur suH-
! van
Credo in E. S S. Wesley
| Veni Creator spirtus, ancient plain song.
Anthem, ~Zadok the Priest" Handel.
Anthem, BE Strong and Play the Man. Sir
| Walter Parratt.
Te Deum in B fiat c. viers Stanford
Homage anthem, Kings Shall See and Arise
| J. F. Bridge
Anthem. Let My Prayer Come Up" Henry
! Purcell
sanctus and Gloria (servioe in AZ, Sir John
| Stainer.
sevenfold Amen Cservice in A.. Sir John
! Stainer.
Sevenfold Amen, Orlando Gibbons
The opening anthem sung as the process
| sion headed by the clergy Of the Abbey passed
| from the entrance hall into the nave choir and
| theatre. AS the Queen followed her regaa into
the choir a group of Westminster schoolboys
saluted ner with 'Vivat Alexandra Reginar and
| when the King approached the organ screen
| there similar acclamations: .'Vfvat Ed
wardus Rex"' This revival of an ancient coro-
nation custom was one of the motives of the
anthem, in which Sir Hubert Parry had skill
| fully contrived to embody these joyous greet
ings. The communion office opened In
minor key with Sir Arthur Sullivan's
| introit, "Oh, hearken Thou unto the voice
Of my calling my King and my God; for
unto Thee will l make my prayer" adapted
from of his oratorios for the occasion,
and when the Epistle ending with the words
Honor the King" had been read by the Bishop
| Of Ely, and the Gospel with its Render unto
| Caesar the things which Caesars" by the
| Bishop of Winchester the Nicene Greed was
| sung to s S. Wesley's setting. The
diaeval hymn. Come. Holy Ghost, souls
| inspire" was the solemn prelude to the ancient
rite Of amounting the sovereign and it was fol-
| lowed after a short interval by Handers i'm
| pressive anthem. '-Zadok the Priest" for which
jture has heep
| ton of George IL
There were musical nterludes during the
series of symbolical investitures which followed
the amounting of the King: but a supreme mo-
Inent came with the coronation when the trum-
! pets sounded. and the Abbey resounded with the
acclama5ion God the Kingl" and Sir
Walter Parratt rallied the forces of orchestra