Alfred, a Masque

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masque patriotic work stage work

"Alfred, a Masque" is an 18th-century patriotic stage work by Thomas Arne and others, best known for introducing the song "Rule, Britannia!".

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Label	Occurrences
Alfred, a Masque canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	masque ⓘ patriotic work ⓘ stage work ⓘ
associatedSong	Rule, Britannia! NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	life of Alfred the Great ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin	18th century ⓘ
commissionedBy	Frederick, Prince of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Thomas Arne NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1740 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Cliveden NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	masque ⓘ patriotic drama ⓘ
hasPart	Rule, Britannia! NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	early Georgian era ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterAdaptation	opera version by Thomas Arne ⓘ
lyricist	David Mallet NERFINISHED ⓘ James Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme	British patriotism ⓘ celebration of British naval power ⓘ
musicBy	Thomas Arne NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	introducing the song "Rule, Britannia!" ⓘ
originalMedium	open-air performance ⓘ
patron	Frederick, Prince of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance	Cliveden, Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereOccasion	celebration of the accession of George I ⓘ
setInPeriod	reign of Alfred the Great ⓘ
subject	Alfred the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
textBy	David Mallet NERFINISHED ⓘ James Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Rule, Britannia! → partOf → Alfred, a Masque ⓘ

Rule, Britannia! → originalWork → Alfred, a Masque ⓘ