List of royal musicians

List of royal musicians

Royal musicians are members of royal families who have shown talent in playing musical instruments, singing, or composing music, most often at a gifted amateur level, and on rare occasions having popular hits in their own countries, or giving public performances during most often charities at home, or royal visits abroad. At the same time, the royals who have been performers, have also been intimately interested in preserving and extending traditional court music and its musicians as patrons of the traditional music and arts of their own countries.

Perhaps the most famous musician in royal families has been Henry VIII of England cited by legend as composing the popular English folk song Greensleeves.

The following is a preliminary list of the more famous members of world royal families with their musical instruments or skills. Citations in the bibliography may include streaming audio of royal compositions.

List

* Japan, Crown Prince Naruhito, viola [Crown Prince Naruhito, Mongolia Web, "Crown Prince Naruhito Surprises Audience with Viola Performance in Mongolia", 16 July 2007; http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1186/2/]
* Korea, Prince Yi Seok, popular song
* Monaco, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, popular song
* Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, clarinet/saxophone [King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Bangkok Post, "The Jazzy King", http://www.bangkokpost.com/60yrsthrone/jazzy/index.html; and streaming audio of his jazz compositions at: http://kanchanapisek.or.th/royal-music/index.en.html]
* UK: Charles, Prince of Wales, cello
* Germany: Frederick II of Prussia, composer

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