Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell (6/6)

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (27 February 1848 - 7 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. He was knighted in 1898.

Songs of Farewell (1913-16)
6. Lord, let me know mine end
Psalm XXXIX

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge conducted by Richard Marlow

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" and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind". He was director of the Royal College of Music from 1895 until his death and was also professor of music at the University of Oxford from 1900 to 1908. He also wrote several books about music and music history. Some contemporaries rated him as the finest English composer since Henry Purcell, but his academic duties prevented him from devoting all his energies to composition, and some felt this prevented him from fulfilling his potential.

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. As head of the Royal College of Music, his pupils included Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Bridge and John Ireland.

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[jd7x7jd]

All the easily available pictures of Parry are of this mature Victorian gent, which is odd, as when he was young he was stunningly handsome. See Rupert Christiansen, The Visitors, illustrations.

[Noelypole]

Just simply beautiful. The most moving moment for me is from 8:13 to 8:48... going all weepy now...

[nickoicool]

Love love love...