Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 hymn |
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Composition Year | 1916 (March 10) |
Genre Categories | Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; |
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Work Title | Jerusalem |
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Alternative. Title | And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (original title) |
Name Translations | Иерусалим; And did those feet in ancient time; 耶路撒冷 (讚歌); Jerusalem (hymn); Jerusalem (virsi); |
Name Aliases | Jerusalem (hymne); Jerusalem (chanson); 耶路撒冷 (歌曲); Jerusalem (Hymne); And did those feet; |
Authorities | WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 180874963 |
Composer | Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICP 31 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 hymn |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1916 (March 10) |
First Performance. | 1916-03-28, London (unison voices and organ) 1918 (unison voices and orchestra) |
First Publication. | 1916 |
Librettist | William Blake (1757–1827), as a preface to Milton a Poem |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | unison voices (optional solo), organ |
External Links | Wikipedia article History of Work Musical Opinion, November 1936 (pp.107-108) |
Extra Information | *The oft sung typographical error, 'among *those* dark...' has been corrected to 'among *these* dark...' using Adobe Photoshop. So now the text agrees with later published versions and Blake's original. Please see the discussions page for further comment. |