Talk:Zadok the Priest

Personal selection of account??
What does this sentence (apropos of the text) mean please? It is believed that Handel made a personal selection of the most accessible account of an earlier coronation, ... Can it be clarified at all? Thanks, --Nevilley 08:24, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Question: Was the Zadock the Priest text actually used during earlier coronations? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumergocognito (talk • contribs)

It was used during the coronation of George II and all subsequent coronations

Possible copyright violation?
I was searching with Google to resolve the contradiction in "Structure" (opening says SSAATBB, last paragraph refers to _six_ voice parts SAATBB)and found that this article appears to be a verbatim copy of http://www.cantatedomino.org/cd/index.shtml?42.txt.

This might also explain why no one has answered the question posed in section 2 of the talk page.

132.244.246.25 (talk) 08:32, 15 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If you look carefully at the page, at the bootom in small type is "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Metasyntactic variable"." - I think Metasyntactic variable should have been replaced by "Zadok the Priest". The copying is form here to there, not vice-versa, and if they sorted out the attribution, would be perfectly acceptable within the terms of the licence.  The creation and amendment dates at the top of the page, "Created 7/11/2008 Revised 13/04/2009" also tend to suport this.


 * On your other point, it's a while since I've sung it, but I think the division of voices does change during the course of the work, so there's not necessarily a contradiction as such, but it could be explained better. David Underdown (talk) 10:11, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

"King" in lyrics
When this piece was sung at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, were the lyrics changed to "God save the Queen", or were the original lyrics used? CaptainPedge &#124;  Talk  19:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * They sung "King". Here is a recording of it (Zadok the Priest begins at about 1:08:00). It makes sense though, as the song is about the anointing of King Solomon. --Inops (talk) 10:47, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

lyrics with shouted text?
This version by the Westminster Abbey choir includes shouted words 'vivat and 'God save the King!' Is this part of the original score? or a relic of a performance? One notices these shouted words are not included in the coronation of Elizabeth II. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.55.231.227 (talk) 01:04, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Champion's League
Is the UEFA anthem really "one of the best-known sports songs in the world" anywhere outside the fevered imaginations of UEFA's PR department? The Belgian Ocelot (talk) 10:22, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is "one of the best-known sports songs in the world" according to the NYT, which is cited inline. Hrodvarsson (talk) 01:33, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Zadok 'titular priest'
the article calls Zadok 'the titular priest' - does it mean 'eponymous'? or perhaps 'the priest of the title'. Titular implies he wasn't really a priest but just had the title. --2607:FEA8:D5DF:F3D9:E096:4A02:3D97:1BC1 (talk) 20:37, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Zadok the Priest and GSTK
I'm not sure about your source. The relevant paragraph is suspiciously similar to the paragraph that appeared on Wikipedia before I removed it, which makes me think that we're witnessing a case of citogenesis. Compare:

The lyrics of GSTK are not based on the biblical story of Zadok and Solomon, by the way. The phrase "God save King Solomon" does appear in 1 Kings 1:39, but it's unlikely that this had any influence on the writing of the national anthem. There is otherwise no similarity between 1 Kings and GSTK. Zacwill (talk) 03:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I thought that source would meet Wikipedia's criteria for a reliable source. I don't mind if you want to remove the part about God Save The King, but it's certainly true that the lyrics for Zadok the Priest don't change even if the monarch is female. It's still "Good save the King" and "May the king live forever" because it's referring to King Solomon. If you watch Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, which can be found on YouTube, you'll hear that the lyrics of "Zadok the Priest" still use "king". The dog2 (talk) 03:15, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I guess I removed that part because I thought it was self-evident. Does anyone really think that the king in the song would suddenly turn into a queen if the monarch being crowned was female? Zacwill (talk) 03:20, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Of course Solomon is always male. The Bible stays the same no matter who the monarch is. But you never know. Some people don't pay attention to the text of the entire song and may expect "king" to be changed to "queen" when a female monarch is being crowned, even though it doesn't change. The dog2 (talk) 04:09, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Unless you can find a scholarly source saying that GSTK/Q is based on 1 Kings, there's no link at all between the it and "Zadok", so there's no reason at all to mention it here. EEng 19:21, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Use in Royal Maundy service
Mention should be made that this anthem is also performed at the Royal Maundy service. At least the modern one. The Royal Maundy article made no mention of how far back the tradition goes. 58.110.44.246 (talk) 05:51, 29 March 2024 (UTC)