An important impetus for "Turkish" music occurred in 1699, when Austria and Turkey negotiated the Treaty of Karlowitz. To celebrate the treaty, the Turkish diplomatic delegation brought a Janissary band along with other performers to Vienna for several days of performances. Although the Janisssary sound was familiar in Europe during the 18th century, the Classical composers were not the first to make use of it; rather, the first imitators were military bands. The cultural influence at first involved actual importation of Turkish music ...

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List of patriotic songs - United Kingdom. God Save the Queen – the country's de facto, but not de jure, national anthem Land of Hope and Glory Rule Britannia The British Grenadiers I Vow to Thee, My Country Jerusalem There'll Always Be an England The Roast Beef of Old England A Man's a Man for A' That Flower of Scotland Scotland the Brave

Music in professional wrestling - V. Viva Las Divas of the WWE  "Why Can't We Just Dance" (Stacy Keibler) Music in professional wrestling - W. WWF Divas Sex on the Beach  "Hey Baby" (No Doubt) ...

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Other towns of interest include Kelso, Hawick, Galashiels, Selkirk, and Melrose. There are abbeys at Melrose, Kelso and Dryburgh, and Kelso boasts a fine cobbled square. All the border towns are famous for their rugby, and Galashiels has associations with William Wallace, Robert the Bruce. Selkirk was where Wallace was declared Guardian of Scotland and has many links to The Earl's of Douglas, where some of his descendents live to this day and Melrose was the scene of a ba ...

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The country is named after the Angles, one of several Germanic tribes who settled the country in the 5th and 6th centuries. There are two distinct linguistic patterns for the name of the country. The majority of European languages use names akin to "England": "England" (Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian) "Engeland" (Dutch) "Inglismaa" (Estonian) "Angleterre" (French) "Anglaterra" (Catalan) "Inghilterra" (Italian) "Inglaterra" (Spanish, Portuguese, Galici ...

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Alfred was born sometime between 847 and AD 849 at Wantage in Berkshire, the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (Æþelwulf), most likely by his first wife, Osburh. He succeeded his brother, Ethelred I (Æþelræd I), as King of Wessex and Mercia in 871. He seems to have been a child of singular attractiveness and promise, and tales of his boyhood were remembered. At five years old, in 853, he is said to have been sent to Rome, where he was confirmed by Pope Leo IV, who is also said to have "anointed him as king." Later writers to ...

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In the early 20th century Britain produced some notable composers: William Wallace, Frederick Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and John Ireland, for example. A feature of the music of several of the composers of this era was an interest in the use of British folk music as source material. Examples include Vaughan Williams' English Folk Songs Suite for brass band ...

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Music in professional wrestling - A. Kurt Angle  "Clocks" (Coldplay) Stone Cold Steve Austin  "My Sacrifice" (Creed) Music in professional wrestling - B. Chris Benoit  "One Thing" (Finger Eleven) Freddie Blassie  "My Immortal" (Evanescence) Music in professional wrestling - E. Edge  "My Sacrifice" ...

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Music in professional wrestling - A. Armageddon 2000  "Sweet Home Alabama" (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Music in professional wrestling - B. Backlash 2002  "Young Grow Old" (Creed) Backlash 2003  "Remedy" (Cold) Backlash 2004  "Eyes Wired Shut" (Edgewater) Backlash 2005  "Stronger" (Trust Company) Bad Blood 2003  "Headstrong" (Trapt)< ...

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The simplest view is that an English person is someone who is from England and holds British nationality, regardless of his or her racial origin. It has, however, been a notriously complicated and controversial identity to delimit [4]. This is partially because inhabitants of England quite commonly refer to themselves as "British" rather than "English"; centuries of English dominance within the United Kingdom has created a situation where to be English is, as a linguist would put it, an "unmarked" state (i.e. a British person, institution, c ...

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Most people's perception of the Proms is taken from the 'Last Night', although this concert is quite different from the others. In the UK, it is usually broadcast on BBC2 (first half) and BBC1 (second half) and traditionally takes place on a Saturday. The concert is traditionally in a lighter 'winding-down' vein, with more popular classics being followed by a series of patriotic pieces in the second half of the concert, including Hubert Parry's "Jerusalem" (a setting of a poem by William Blake), Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 ...

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The two traditional symbols of England are the St. George's cross (the English flag) and the Three Lions coat of arms (see above), both derived from the great Norman powers that formed the monarchy – the Cross of Aquitaine and the Lions of Anjou. The three lions were first definitely used by Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) in the late 12th century (although it is also possible that Henry I may have bestowed it on his son Henry before then). Historian Simon Schama has argued that the Three Lions are the true symbol of England because the ...

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The country is named after the Angles, one of several Germanic tribes who settled the country in the 5th and 6th centuries. There are two distinct linguistic patterns for the name of the country. The majority of European languages use names akin to "England": "England" (Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian) "Engeland" (Dutch) "Inglismaa" (Estonian) "Angleterre" (French) "Anglaterra" (Catalan) "Inghilterra" (Italian) "Inglaterra" (Spanish, Portuguese, Galician) " ...

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As its name suggests, the English language, today spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world, originated as the language of England, where it remains the principal tongue today (although not officially designated as such). An Indo-European language in Anglo-Frisian branch of the Germanic family, it is closely related to Scots and Frisian. As the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms merged into England, "Old English" emerged; some of it ...

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Although England does not have an official anthem of its own, the following are widely regarded as English national hymns: "Jerusalem:" Words by William Blake, Music by Hubert Parry "I Vow to Thee, My Country": Words by Cecil Spring-Rice, Music by Gustav Holst "Land of Hope and Glory": Words by A C Benson, Music by Edward Elgar (although this refers to all of Great Britain, not only England)See also:

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Alfred was born sometime between 847 and AD 849 at Wantage in Berkshire, the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (Æþelwulf), most likely by his first wife, Osburh. He succeeded his brother, Ethelred I (Æþelræd I), as King of Wessex and Mercia in 871. He seems to have been a child of singular attractiveness and promise, and tales of his boyhood were remembered. At five years old, in 853, he is said to have been sent to Rome, where he was confirmed by Pope Leo IV, who is also said to have "anointed him as king." Later writers to ...

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A story goes that one day of 1898, after a tiring day of teaching, Elgar was daydreaming at the piano. A melody he played caught the attention of his wife, who liked it and asked him to repeat it for her. So, to entertain his wife, he began to improvise variations on this melody, each one either a musical portrait of one of their friends, or in the musical style they might have used. Elgar eventually expanded and orchestrated these improvisations into the "Enigma" variations. The piece was premiered at the St. James Hall in London on June 19, 1899, conduct ...

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The history of the church under Alfred is most obscure. The Danish inroads had told heavily upon it; the monasteries had been special points of attack, and though Alfred founded two or three monasteries and imported foreign monks, there was no general revival of monasticism under him. To the ruin of learning and education wrought by the Danes, and the practical extinction of the knowledge of Latin even among the clergy, the preface to Alfred's translation into Old English of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care bears eloquent witness. ...

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The simplest view is that an English person is someone who is from England and holds British nationality, regardless of his or her racial origin. However, inhabitants of England quite commonly refer to themselves as "British" rather than "English"; centuries of English dominance within the United Kingdom has created a situation where to be English is, as a linguist would put it, an "unmarked" state (i.e. a British person, institution, custom, city, etc. is assumed English unless specified otherwise). The English frequently include their neig ...

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Main articles: Demographics of England, Population of England England is both the most populous and the most ethnically diverse nation in the United Kingdom with around 49 million inhabitants, of which roughly a tenth are from non-White ethnic groups. It is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe, second only to the Netherlands. This population is made up of, and descended from, immigrants who have arrived over millennia. The principal waves of migration have been in c. 600 BC (Celts), the Ro ...

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see main article at: List of ships of the Royal Navy Commissioned (surface) ships of the Royal Navy are accorded the prefix HMS which stands for Her Majesty's Ship (alternatively, His Majesty's Ship), for example HMS Ark Royal. Submarines on the other hand are styled HM Submarine, though still abbreviated HMS. Fleet support units, usually manned by civilians are given the prefix RFA or Royal Fleet Auxiliary, such as RFA Sir Galahad. The Royal Navy has the following classes of vessel in use today: HMS In ...

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The Royal Navy is established under the royal prerogative, and the head of the Royal Navy, known as the Lord High Admiral, is the Queen (who is overall head of the UK Armed Forces). In earlier times the office of Lord High Admiral was delegated to a naval officer. The office later came to be frequently put into commission, during which time the Royal Navy was run by a board headed by the First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1964 the functions of the Admiralty were transferred to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Defence Council of the United Kingdom. Since then, the historic title ...

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