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Zadok the Priest: A Timeless Anthem

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Created November 11, 2025

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Welcome to this episode of Origins of Music. Every British coronation since 1727 has featured

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the exact same piece of music. Handel wrote Zadok the Priest for King George II's crowning,

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and it became the anthem no monarch could do without. Even Charles III heard it echo through

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Westminster Abbey in 2023. The words come from the Bible, describing when

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Zadok the priest anointed Solomon as king nearly three thousand years ago. England's been using

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that same passage since King Edgar's coronation in 973. What makes this anthem unforgettable

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is how Handel built the drama. The orchestra starts quiet, almost whispering,

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building tension like a storm gathering strength. Then suddenly the choir explodes with

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