Festival Te Deum
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The Festival Te Deum is the popular name for an 1872 composition by Arthur Sullivan, written to celebrate the recovery of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales from typhoid fever. The prince's father, Prince
Prince Edward, c. 1870
Thérèse Tietjens, the original soprano soloist
Sullivan, c. 1870
Victoria visits Edward during his illness.
Edward VII
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Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
Festival Te Deum
…Deum is the popular name for an 1872 composition by Arthur Sullivan, written to celebrate the recovery of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) from typhoid fever. The prince's father, Prince Albert, had died of typhoid fever in 1861, and so the prince's recovery was…
Formal portrait, c. 1900s
The Christening of the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 25 January 1842
Portrait of Edward by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846
Edward and his entourage at Niagara Falls, 1860