The summer of 1602 featured a soggy ‘progress’ by Queen Elizabeth to various noble households in the vicinity of London, interspersed with elaborate royal entertainments. In the midst of the formal festivities occurred an enigmatic and apparently distressing incident involving the Queen, her Principal Secretary Robert Cecil, and his niece Elizabeth, Countess of Derby. Cecil hastily used songs to try to win back the lost favour of his Queen, and though his long-mislaid lyrics were identified a quarter-century ago, their music has remained unknown. This article reviews evidence of music for the songs, and for other events during that summer's progress.

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为伊丽莎白创作小曲：1602 年夏季音乐的思考

1602 年夏天，伊丽莎白女王向伦敦附近的各个贵族家庭进行了一场湿漉漉的“进步”，穿插着精心制作的皇家娱乐活动。在正式的庆祝活动中，发生了一件神秘而令人痛苦的事件，涉及女王、她的首席秘书罗伯特·塞西尔和他的侄女德比伯爵夫人伊丽莎白。塞西尔仓促地用歌曲试图赢回失去的女王的青睐，尽管他长期错位的歌词在 25 年前就被确定了，但他们的音乐仍然不为人知。本文回顾了歌曲的音乐证据，以及那个夏天的进程中的其他事件。