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Zadok the Priest - Handel
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What music was played at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation?
20. Zadok the Priest - Handel
One of Handel's coronation anthems, this piece sets text from the biblical account of the anointing of Solomon. The words have been used at every English, and later British, coronation since King Edgar was crowned at Bath Abbey in 973.
