Jerusalem: Blake, Parry, and the Fight for Englishness Whittaker Jason
Jerusalem: Blake, Parry, and the Fight for Englishness Whittaker Jason The stanzas beginning, 'And did those feet' are among the most famous works written by the Romantic poet and artist, William…
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Jerusalem: Blake, Parry, and the Fight for Englishness Whittaker Jason
The stanzas beginning, 'And did those feet' are among the most famous works written by the Romantic poet and artist, William Blake. Yet when Blake first engraved his lines in his epic work, Milton a Poem, he had been tried for sedition. Set to music by Hubert Parry in 1916 and renamed, 'Jerusalem', this hymn has become an emblem of Englishness in the past century, and is regularly invoked at sporting events, public and private ceremonies, and, of course, as part of Last Night of the Proms.
'Jerusalem', then, is a much more contested vision of England's green and pleasant land than is often assumed. Likewise, although Parry was commissioned to compose his music as part of the war effort by the organization Fight for Right, he soon removed permission for that group to perform his hymn and instead gave the copyright to the women's suffrage movement. This book traces the
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