Master of the King’s Musick

E825954
British royal court appointment musical office

Master of the King’s Musick is a historic British royal court appointment given to a distinguished composer who oversees and creates music for state and ceremonial occasions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Master of the King's Music 2
Master of the Queen's Music 2
Master of the King’s Musick canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British royal court appointment ⓘ
musical office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
King of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
changedTermLength 2004 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork ceremonial music ⓘ
composition ⓘ
music ⓘ
follows Master of the Queen’s Musick NERFINISHED ⓘ
earlier informal royal musical patronage ⓘ
hasDuties advise the monarch on musical matters ⓘ
commission music for royal events ⓘ
compose music for state occasions ⓘ
oversee music for royal ceremonies ⓘ
represent royal musical interests in public life ⓘ
hasGenderedForm Master of the Queen’s Musick NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableOfficeHolder Edward Elgar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judith Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariant Master of the King’s Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
Master of the Queen’s Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1626 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Royal Household NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolder Arnold Bax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward Elgar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Purcell NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Eccles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judith Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malcolm Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicholas Lanier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walford Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Boyce NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeTermLength 10 years ⓘ
originalTermLength life tenure ⓘ
partOf Royal Household of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Master of the Queen’s Musick NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor coronations ⓘ
jubilees ⓘ
national commemorations ⓘ
royal weddings ⓘ
state occasions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Elgar → positionHeld → Master of the King’s Musick ⓘ
Sir Walter Parratt → positionHeld → Master of the King’s Musick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Master of the Queen's Music
Judith Weir → occupation → Master of the King’s Musick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Master of the King's Music
Judith Weir → positionHeld → Master of the King’s Musick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Master of the Queen's Music
Judith Weir → positionHeld → Master of the King’s Musick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Master of the King's Music