Friday Music: Zadok the Priest (British Coronation Anthem)
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Very nice (Handel always is!). Today (3/29) is the birthday of one of the greatest 20th century British composers, William Walton. He composed two coronation anthems: Crown Imperial (1937) for George VI and Orb and Sceptre (1953) for Elizabeth II.
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