Consort Explained

Consort may refer to:

Music

• "The Consort" (Rufus Wainwright song), from the 2000 album Poses
• Consort of instruments, term for instrumental ensembles
• Consort song (musical), a characteristic English song form, late 16th–early 17th centuries

Places

• Consort, Alberta, a village in Alberta, Canada
• Consort Islands, two small islands in the Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica
• Consort Mountain, in the Victoria Cross Ranges, Alberta, Canada

Titles

• Royal consort, a spouse, concubine or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch:
  • Queen consort, wife of a reigning king
  • Prince consort, husband of a reigning princess or queen
  • King consort, rarely used alternative title for husband of a reigning queen
  • Princess consort, wife of a reigning prince; also, rarely used alternative title for wife of a reigning king
  • Viceregal consort of Canada, spouse of the Governor General of Canada

Other uses

• Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT), reporting standards for clinical trials
• Consort (nautical), unpowered, fully loaded Great Lakes vessels towed by larger vessels
• Consort Airport, Consort, Alberta, Canada
• CONSORT Colleges, a consortium of college libraries in the U.S. state of Ohio
• HMS Consort (R76), a C-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy
• The Consort, novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan 1912
• The Consort, musical journal of the Dolmetsch Foundation
• The female partner in tantric yab-yum

See also

• Consortium (disambiguation)
• Concert (disambiguation)