Boer War Te Deum
...that Arthur Sullivan's Boer War Te Deum was written to celebrate the expected British victory in the Boer War, but because the war dragged on for almost two more years, both Sullivan and Queen Victoria had died before the piece premiered?
...that <a href="./Arthur_Sullivan" id="mwDvM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arthur Sullivan">Arthur Sullivan</a>'s <i id="mwDvQ"><b id="mwDvU"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Boer_War_Te_Deum" id="mwDvY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boer War Te Deum">Boer War Te Deum</a></b></i> was written to celebrate the expected <a class="mw-disambig" href="./British" id="mwDvc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British">British</a> victory in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Boer_War" id="mwDvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boer War">Boer War</a>, but because the war dragged on for almost two more years, both Sullivan and <a href="./Queen_Victoria" id="mwDvk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> had died before the piece premiered?