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Stand Round my Brave Boys

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Georg Friedrich Händel in 1741.
The Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite rising.

Stand Round my Brave Boys is a 1745 song composed by George Frideric Handel.[1] [2] It was commissioned to celebrate the Gentlemen Volunteers of the City of London, a regiment raised to resist the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Handel had close connections with the ruling House of Hanover, and composed several tunes supportive of a loyalist position opposed to the rival Jacobite House of Stuart during his career. It was part of the patriotic fervour that also saw God Save the King adopted as a popular song. Handel's piece was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and then published on 14 November 1745.[3] It was later included in the Jacobite Relics, a compilation of songs from the era.

References

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  1. ^ Robinson p.187
  2. ^ Burrows p.383
  3. ^ Harris p.221

Bibliography

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  • Burrows, Donald. Handel. Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • Harris, James. Music and Theatre in Handel's World: The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Robinson, D.H. The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2020.