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Music of the Stuart court in exile

  Despite their long exile in France and Italy, the Stuarts - ousted from Britian in 1688 - remained leading patrons of the arts, particularly music. Both James II and his son James III made music an important part of court ceremonial: James II and his entourage played a major role in introducing a taste for Italian music to the French court, while James III and his musically talented sons were among the leading patrons of opera in Rome. To coincide with Kings over the Water, an exhibition of Jacobite…