Sir Hubert Parry United Kingdom

Biography

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

Popular Songs

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  The Banks of Green Willow

  A Shropshire Lad / The Banks of Green Willow

  Key of Am

  1m
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  English Idylls No. 2

  A Shropshire Lad / The Banks of Green Willow

  Key of G

  2d
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  English Idylls No. 2

  A Shropshire Lad / The Banks of Green Willow

  Key of G

  2d
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  Lady Radnor's Suite: Sarabande

  A Shropshire Lad / The Banks of Green Willow

  Key of Dm

  12m
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  Lady Radnor's Suite: Gigue

  A Shropshire Lad / The Banks of Green Willow

  Key of C

  1d

Discography

Choral Masterpieces - Songs of Farewell / I Was Glad / Jerusalem (Manchester Cathedral Choir, Christopher Stokes)

2009

Parry: Songs of Farewell / Stanford: Three Motets / Stanford: Eternal Father / Stanford: Magnificat

1994

A Shropshire Lad / The Banks of Green Willow

1986