Word: vivat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Vivat Regina. From the west door of the Abbey, Westminster's beadle led the ranking clergy of Great Britain to the foot of the altar steps. The orders of knighthood followed-Bath, Thistle and Garter-then the standards of the Commonwealth, led by Ceylon's (a lion grasping a sword), and concluded by the Royal Arms of England, borne by Montgomery of Alamein. Polity, law and religion-the triple stays of monarchy-were impressively represented in the persons of eight Prime Ministers (of Ceylon, Pakistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain), two Archbishops (York...
...Vivat Regina Elizabetha! Vivat! Vivat! Vivat!" shouted the Queen's Westminster Scholars as the Queen walked up the aisle, her long, crimson train borne by six maids of honor. At a faldstool on the left of the altar, the Queen knelt and prayed alone. Silently she rose and stood before the altar, facing first east, then south, west and north, to show herself to the people. Four times, once to each side, the Archbishop of Canterbury proclaimed: "Elizabeth, your undoubted Queen: wherefore, all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, are you willing...
...distinguished audience sat entranced as trumpets sounded from the heights of the basilica and Father Emile Martin's crack St.-Eustache choir gave full throat to the music. With the final rousing chorus of Vivat Rex in Aeternum, the critics were aglow with Gallic pride...
...less one for a French king. Moulinié was court composer to Gaston-Jean-Baptiste d'Orléans, Louis XIll's brother and enemy, and was persona non grata at Louis' court. Moreover, trumpets were not used as musical instruments until the 18th century, and Vivat Rex was never sung at the end of a mass; it was shouted three times before the mass began. Raugel had suspected Father Martin's "discovery," but had not been stirred to investigate until the spectacle at St.-Denis. That, he said, "was too much. The whole world...