Hubert Parry: 'Long Since in Egypt's Plenteous Lands'

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Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 -- 7 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", the coronation anthem "I was glad", the choral and orchestral ode Blest Pair of Sirens, and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind". His orchestral works include five symphonies and a set of Symphonic Variations. After early attempts to work in insurance, at his father's behest, Parry was taken up by George Grove, first as a contributor to Grove's massive Dictionary of Music and Musicians in the 1870s and 80s, and then in 1883 as professor of composition and musical history at the Royal College of Music, of which Grove was the first head. In 1895 Parry succeeded Grove as head of the College, remaining in the post for the rest of his life. He was concurrently professor of music at the University of Oxford from 1900 to 1908. He wrote several books about music and music history, the best-known of which is probably his 1909 study of Johann Sebastian Bach. Both in his lifetime and afterwards, Parry's reputation and critical standing have varied. His academic duties were considerable, and prevented him from devoting all his energies to composition, but some contemporaries such as Charles Villiers Stanford rated him as the finest English composer since Henry Purcell; others, such as Frederick Delius, did not. Parry's influence on later composers, by contrast, is widely recognised. Edward Elgar learned much of his craft from Parry's articles in Grove's Dictionary, and among those who studied under Parry at the Royal College were Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge and John Ireland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Parry Lyrics & English Translation Long since in Egypt's plenteous land, Our fathers were oppressed, But God, whose chosen folk they were, Smote those who long enslaved them there, And all their woes redressed. The Red Sea stayed them not at all, Nor depths of liquid green; On either hand a mighty wall Of waters clear rose high at His call, And they passed through between. In deserts wild they wandered long, They sinned, and went astray; But yet His arm to help was strong, He pardoned them though they did wrong, And brought them on their way. At last to this good land they came, With fruitful plenty blest; Here glorious men know endless fame, Here God made holy Zion's name, And here He gave them rest. Oh, may we ne'er forget what He hath done, Nor prove unmindful of His love, That, like the constant sun, On Israel hath shone, And sent down blessings from above. Hypatia (ca. AD 350--370--8 March 415) (pron.: /haɪˈpeɪʃə/ hy-PAY-shə; Ancient Greek: Ὑπατία; Hypatía) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher in Roman Egypt who was the first well-documented woman in mathematics. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy. As a Neoplatonist philosopher, she belonged to the mathematic tradition of the Academy of Athens, as represented by Eudoxus of Cnidus; she was of the intellectual school of the 3rd century thinker Plotinus, which encouraged logic and mathematical study in place of empirical enquiry and strongly encouraged law in place of nature. According to the only contemporary source, Hypatia was murdered by a Christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in Alexandria: the governor Orestes and the Bishop of Alexandria. Kathleen Wider proposes that the murder of Hypatia marked the end of Classical antiquity... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia A link to a comprehensive discography of Holst's compositions: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hubert-parry-mn0000828891 Please Enjoy! I send my kind and warm regards,

Hubert Parry: 'Long Since in Egypt's Plenteous Lands'

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Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 -- 7 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", the coronation anthem "I was glad", the choral and orchestral ode Blest Pair of Sirens, and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind". His orchestral works include five symphonies and a set of Symphonic Variations. After early attempts to work in insurance, at his father's behest, Parry was taken up by George Grove, first as a contributor to Grove's massive Dictionary of Music and Musicians in the 1870s and 80s, and then in 1883 as professor of composition and musical history at the Royal College of Music, of which Grove was the first head. In 1895 Parry succeeded Grove as head of the College, remaining in the post for the rest of his life. He was concurrently professor of music at the University of Oxford from 1900 to 1908. He wrote several books about music and music history, the best-known of which is probably his 1909 study of Johann Sebastian Bach. Both in his lifetime and afterwards, Parry's reputation and critical standing have varied. His academic duties were considerable, and prevented him from devoting all his energies to composition, but some contemporaries such as Charles Villiers Stanford rated him as the finest English composer since Henry Purcell; others, such as Frederick Delius, did not. Parry's influence on later composers, by contrast, is widely recognised. Edward Elgar learned much of his craft from Parry's articles in Grove's Dictionary, and among those who studied under Parry at the Royal College were Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge and John Ireland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Parry Lyrics & English Translation Long since in Egypt's plenteous land, Our fathers were oppressed, But God, whose chosen folk they were, Smote those who long enslaved them there, And all their woes redressed. The Red Sea stayed them not at all, Nor depths of liquid green; On either hand a mighty wall Of waters clear rose high at His call, And they passed through between. In deserts wild they wandered long, They sinned, and went astray; But yet His arm to help was strong, He pardoned them though they did wrong, And brought them on their way. At last to this good land they came, With fruitful plenty blest; Here glorious men know endless fame, Here God made holy Zion's name, And here He gave them rest. Oh, may we ne'er forget what He hath done, Nor prove unmindful of His love, That, like the constant sun, On Israel hath shone, And sent down blessings from above. Hypatia (ca. AD 350--370--8 March 415) (pron.: /haɪˈpeɪʃə/ hy-PAY-shə; Ancient Greek: Ὑπατία; Hypatía) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher in Roman Egypt who was the first well-documented woman in mathematics. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy. As a Neoplatonist philosopher, she belonged to the mathematic tradition of the Academy of Athens, as represented by Eudoxus of Cnidus; she was of the intellectual school of the 3rd century thinker Plotinus, which encouraged logic and mathematical study in place of empirical enquiry and strongly encouraged law in place of nature. According to the only contemporary source, Hypatia was murdered by a Christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in Alexandria: the governor Orestes and the Bishop of Alexandria. Kathleen Wider proposes that the murder of Hypatia marked the end of Classical antiquity... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia A link to a comprehensive discography of Holst's compositions: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hubert-parry-mn0000828891 Please Enjoy! I send my kind and warm regards,