{"id":11362,"date":"2022-01-24T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T10:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=117159"},"modified":"2022-01-24T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T11:01:10","slug":"who-is-the-current-master-of-the-queens-music-and-what-is-their-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/who-is-the-current-master-of-the-queens-music-and-what-is-their-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the current Master of the Queen\u2019s Music and what is their role?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Debbie Graham\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 24 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The current Master of the Queen\u2019s Music is Judith Weir <\/a>(pictured above), who was appointed in 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much like the Poet Laureate, the exact nature of the position isn\u2019t stipulated, but it\u2019s expected that Masters, who are always composers, will respond to royal and other ceremonial occasions, writing musical settings to celebrate and\/or accompany birthdays, marriages, deaths and, of course, coronations.<\/p>\n

Judith Weir\u2019s first major commission as Master of the Queen\u2019s Music<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>
The first holder of the post, musician and painter Nicholas Lanier, was appointed by Charles I in 1626 \u2013 his chief responsibility was to look after the monarch\u2019s private band. Since then, 20 people have held the post, including Weir, among them William Boyce, Edward Elgar<\/a><\/strong>, Arthur Bliss and Peter Maxwell Davies.<\/p>\n
Since 2004, the role\u2019s duration has been changed from \u2018life\u2019 to 10 years\u00ad in order to give more composers the opportunity to take up the post. And unlike the Poet Laureate, who receives a fee and 600 bottles of sherry, the Master of the Queen\u2019s Music has to make do with a mere stipend\u2026<\/p>\n
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