I Was Glad Psalm 122 - Music

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry February 27 1848 – October 7 1918 Was An English Composer Probably Best Known For His Setting Of William Blake's Poem Jerusalem The Coronation Anthem I Was Glad And The Hymn Tune Repton Set To Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind. Born In Bournemouth Hampshire And Brought Up At Highnam Court Gloucestershire He Was The Son Of An Amateur Artist And Was Educated At Eton And Exeter College Oxford. He Studied With The English-Born Composer Henry Hugo Pierson In Stuttgart And With William Sterndale Bennett And The Pianist Edward Dannreuther In London. His First Major Works Appeared In 1880 A Piano Concerto And A Choral Setting Of Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound. The First Performance Of The Latter Has Often Been Held To Mark The Start Of A "renaissance" In English Classical Music. Parry Scored A Greater Contemporary Success However With The Ode Blest Pair Of Sirens 1887 Which Established Him As The Leading English Choral Composer Of His Day. Among The Most Successful Of A Long Series Of Similar Works Were The Ode On Saint Cecilia's Day 1889 The Oratorios Judith 1888 And Job 1892 The Psalm-Setting De Profundis 1891 And The Pied Piper Of Hamelin 1905 . His Orchestral Works From This Period Include Four Symphonies A Set Of Symphonic Variations In E Minor The Overture To An Unwritten Tragedy 1893 And The Elegy For Brahms 1897 . Parry Joined The Staff Of The Royal College Of Music In 1884 And Was Appointed Its Director In 1894 A Post He Held Until His Death. In 1900 He Succeeded John Stainer As Professor Of Music At Oxford University. His Later Music Includes A Series Of Six "ethical Cantatas" Experimental Works In Which He Hoped To Supersede The Traditional Oratorio And Cantata Forms. They Were Generally Unsuccessful With The Public Though Elgar Admired The Vision Of Life 1907 And The Soul's Ransom 1906 Has Had Several Modern Performances. He Resigned His Oxford Appointment On Doctor's Advice In 1908 And In The Last Decade Of His Life Produced Some Of His Finest Works Including The Symphonic Fantasia '1912' Also Called Symphony No. 5 The Ode On The Nativity 1912 Jerusalem 1916 And The Songs Of Farewell 1916–1918 . Influenced As A Composer Principally By Bach And Brahms Parry Evolved A Powerful Diatonic Style Which Itself Greatly Influenced Future English Composers Such As Elgar And Vaughan Williams. His Own Full Development As A Composer Was Almost Certainly Hampered By The Immense Amount Of Work He Took On But His Energy And Charisma Not To Mention His Abilities As A Teacher And Administrator Helped Establish Art Music At The Centre Of English Cultural Life. He Collaborated With The Poet Robert Bridges And Was Responsible For Many Books On Music Including The Evolution Of The Art Of Music 1896 The Third Volume Of The Oxford History Of Music 1907 And A Study Of Bach 1909 . The Site Of His House In Richmond Hill Bournemouth Next Door To The Square Is Marked With A Blue Plaque. read less