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Queen Elizabeth I's Battle For Church Music

Host and historian Lucy Worsley documents how Queen Elizabeth I and her two siblings changed the religious structure of England forever, eventually leading to the introduction of choral evensong.
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Host and historian Lucy Worsley documents how Queen Elizabeth I and her two siblings changed the religious structure of England forever, eventually leading to the introduction of choral evensong.

Airs Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV (not available to stream on demand)

“Queen Elizabeth I's Battle For Church Music” reveals an unlikely gift of the violent Reformation era of the British monarchy: religious music.

Host and historian Lucy Worsley (“Secrets Of The Six Wives;” “Mozart In London”) documents how Queen Elizabeth I and her two siblings changed the religious structure of England forever, eventually leading to the introduction of choral evensong.

Lucy Worsley is on Facebook. Follow @Lucy_Worsley on Twitter.

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