11/10/2024 – “Jerusalem” (from St. George’s chapel – Windsor)/ link: 15 all time favorite classical hymns.
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Praise Music Selections
and a description of this particular song from this link of 15 favorite all-time hymns, summarized:
“The eternally glorious ‘Jerusalem’, also known by its poetic origins, “And did those feet in ancient time”, is based on an 1808 poem by William Blake, which suggests that a visit from Jesus will create heaven in England, in contrast to the ‘dark Satanic Mills’ of the industrial revolution.
As ever, it’s the pairing of text and melody that creates magic in this hymn. Hubert Parry wrote this tune in 1916 when King George V was the monarch. As legend has it, remarked that he even preferred Parry’s melody to the actual national anthem for Britain. Today, the hymn is best known in its 1922 orchestration by Elgar, written in tribute to Parry.”