Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet, was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Born in Richmond Hill in Bournemouth, Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", his 1902 setting for 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. He also composed the music for Ode to Newfoundland, the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial anthem.
Hubert Parry in The Musical Quarterly, c. 1916
A blue plaque marking Parry's birthplace at 2, Richmond Terrace, Bournemouth
Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, the family's country house
Parry (back l.), in 1910 with Alexander Mackenzie (front c.), Charles Villiers Stanford (front r.), Edward German (back r.) and Dan Godfrey
And did those feet in ancient time
"And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date of 1804 on the title page is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed c. 1808. Today it is best known as the hymn "Jerusalem", with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. The famous orchestration was written by Sir Edward Elgar. It is not to be confused with another poem, much longer and larger in scope and also by Blake, called Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion.
The preface to Milton, as it appeared in Blake's own illuminated version
The composer, c. 1916
William Blake
Albion Flour Mills, Bankside, London