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The earliest documented example of the English word 'consort' in a musical sense is in George Gascoigne’s The Princelye Pleasures (1576). [1] Only from the mid-17th century has there been a clear distinction made between a ‘whole’, or ‘closed’ consort, that is, all instruments of the same family (for example, a set of viols played together) and a ‘mixed’, or ‘broken’ consort ...
Consort is a nautical term for unpowered Great Lakes vessels, usually a fully loaded schooner barge or steamer barge, towed by a larger steamer that would often tow more than one barge. The consort system was used in the Great Lakes from the 1860s to around 1920. [ 1 ]
Consort Airport, Consort, Alberta, Canada; CONSORT Colleges, a consortium of college libraries in the U.S. state of Ohio; HMS Consort (R76), a C-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy; The Consort, novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan 1912; The Consort, musical journal of the Dolmetsch Foundation; The female partner in tantric yab-yum
A royal consort is the spouse of a serving monarch, whose main duty is to provide support and companionship during their reign. Unlike the king or queen, they do not have a formal position or set ...
Royal Noble Consort Sineenat 26 January 1985 (age 40) 28 July 2019 Tonga: Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho 8 March 1954 (age 70) 11 December 1982 18 March 2012 King Tupou VI United Arab Emirates: Sheikha Salama: 1967 (age 57–58) 1981 14 May 2022 Sheikh Mohamed
Though historically the term only came into use in the late seventeenth century and with reference only to English music, some more recent writers have applied the term retrospectively to music of earlier periods and of different nationalities, and—through a confounding of the terms "broken music" with "broken consort"—more specifically to a six-part instrumentation popular in England from ...
Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse; Sancha Sánchez of Pamplona: Sancho I of Pamplona - May 932 – August 935 c. 947 husband's reinstatement: aft. 4 December 959 Fernán González: Urraca Garces of Pamplona García Sánchez I of Pamplona - bef. 5 May 964 bef. 1 March 970 husband's death: bef. 1008 Ava of Ribagorza
The Coronation of King George V: King George V and Queen Mary Enthroned by Laurits Tuxen, 1912. Queens consort participate in the coronation ceremony, undertaking many of the same ceremonies as the monarch. Queens traditionally wear elaborate robes and walk in the procession under a canopy. They have also been anointed with holy oil and been ...