In 1740, the Scots poet and dramatist James Thomson (1700–1748), with the English composer Thomas Arne, presented “Alfred,” a masque celebrating the life of the ninth-century Saxon king, at the ...
LONDON (AP) — The BBC has ditched the lyrics of “Rule, Britannia!” for its traditional end-of-summer concert amid a debate over the song’s celebration of the British Empire at a time when critics are ...
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