Jerusalem (414.01)

Jerusalem (414.01) (Hubert Parry was born into a wealthy family, studied at Eton and Oxford and was only allowed to take up the profession of music in 1877 after a period working in the City. He was a noted academic; amongst his acheivements were contributing to the first edition of Groves Dictionary in 1879, being a founding Professor, later Director of the Royal College of Music and Professor of Music at Oxford. He was of a genial personality but his enthusiasm for English music proved to be a great influence on a generation of talented composer, cheif amongst them being Elgar. As a composer, in the German tradition, he wrote much choral music, four symphonies and numerous other orchestral works, chamber music and an important collection of English songs. Although after his death his music was largely forgotten Jerusalem is rightly famed for its strong, emotional melody to the words of William Blake. Performance note: This version can be played as an instrumental version but is also suitable for accompaniment to a choral renditiopn. The 1st trumpet may require a smaller trumpet for the 2nd verse.)