A Short Te Deum in Score Composed for Her Late Majesty Queen Caroline in the Year 1737 - Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759 (London Arnold, 1788)
When Queen Anne died in 1714, her second cousin the Elector of Hanover became King of Great Britain as George I. His daughter-in-law Caroline of Ansbach thus became Princess of Wales. Caroline left Hanover and traveled to Britain, making the only sea voyage she ever took in her life, and arrived at Margate in September 1714. Her safe arrival was celebrated by the composition of this Te Deum by Handel, who had been resident in London since 1712 and had composed a number of pieces for royal occasions. The Te Deum was performed in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace in that same month, on the 26th, and again on 17 October. Since Caroline later became Queen as consort of George II, the Te Deum composed to give thanks for her safe arrival in Britain became known as the "Queen Caroline" Te Deum.
Keywords: Caroline -- Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain -- 1683-1737; 18th Century (1701-1800); Te Deum; London (United Kingdom)