Coronation Music 2023

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Summary

• Zadok the Priest is one of Handel's Coronation anthems.

• Since its inception, Zadok the Priest has been performed prior to the anointing of the sovereign at every British monarch's coronation and has been known as a British national anthem.

• It was composed in 1727 for King George II's coronation.

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