Jerusalem

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About This Work

Composer: Hubert Parry
Words: William Blake circa 1804
Tune: Jerusalem

Charles Parry set Blake’s Preface to Milton to music for a rally of the “Fight for the Right” movement in Queen’s Hall. It became more generally known as “Jerusalem” when Parry conducted it in 1918 at a concert to mark the final stage in the Votes for Women Campaign, after which it was adopted by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (and is still sung at meetings of WI Groups all over Britain). Edward Elgar added an orchestral score to Parry’s rather somber tune in time for the Leeds Festival of 1922, turning it into a popular national hymn which traditionally ends the last night of the annual Sir Henry Wood promenade concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. This work also made an appearance in the 1981 Academy Award winning movie Chariots of Fire

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