Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (February 27, 1848 – October 7, 1918) was an English composer, probably best known for his setting of William Blake's poem, Jerusalem. February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A composer is a person who writes music. ... William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker, or Author & Printer, as he signed many of his books. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... And did those feet in ancient time is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his work Milton (1804). ...

Born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, and brought up at Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, he was the son of an amateur artist, and was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford. He studied with the English-born composer Henry Hugo Pierson in Stuttgart, and with William Sterndale Bennett and the pianist Edward Dannreuther in London. His first major works appeared in 1880: a piano concerto and a choral setting of scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound. The first performance of the latter has often been held to mark the start of a "renaissance" in English classical music. Parry scored a greater contemporary success, however, with the ode Blest Pair of Sirens (1887) which established him as the leading English choral composer of his day. Among the most successful of a long series of similar works were the Ode on Saint Cecilia's Day (1889), the oratorios Judith (1888) and Job (1892), the psalm-setting De Profundis (1891) and The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1905). His orchestral works from this period include four symphonies, the Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy (1893) and the Elegy for Brahms (1897). Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. ... Hampshire is a county on the south coast of England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced [ ˈglɒstəʃəʳ]; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys located in Eton, Berkshire near Windsor in England, located about a mile north of Windsor Castle. ... Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Henry Hugo Pierson 12 April 1815-28 January 1873 was an English composer resident from 1845 in Germany. ... Stuttgart is a city located in southern Germany, it is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg, and has a population of approximately 600,000 as of June 2004. ... Sir William Sterndale Bennett (April 13, 1816 - February 15, 1875) was an English musical composer. ... Edward Dannreuther 4 November 1844 - 12 February 1905 was a German pianist resident from 1863 in England. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... Origin Etymology Concerto (from the Latin concertus, from certare, to strive, also confused with concentus), in its most general sense, is a name for a piece of classical music in which there are two distinct groups of instruments, one larger than the other. ... A choir is a musical ensemble. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. ... This article is about the poetic and musical form of ode. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... A symphony is an extended piece of music for orchestra, especially one in the form of a sonata. ... Overture (The Who) is also a song by the rock band The Who. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Parry joined the staff of the Royal College of Music in 1884 and was appointed its director in 1894, a post he held until his death. In 1900 he succeeded John Stainer as professor of music at Oxford University. His later music includes a series of six "ethical cantatas", experimental works in which he hoped to supersede the traditional oratorio and cantata forms. They were generally unsuccessful with the public, though Elgar admired The Vision of Life (1907) and The Soul's Ransom (1906) has had several modern performances. He resigned his Oxford appointment on doctor's advice in 1908 and in the last decade of his life produced some of his finest works, including the Symphonic Fantasia '1912' (also called Symphony No. 5), the Ode on the Nativity (1912), Jerusalem (1916) and the Songs of Farewell (1916 – 1918). The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The Royal College of Music is one of the most prestigious music schools in the world. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... John Stainer (June 6, 1840 - March 31, 1901) was an English composer and organist. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934) was a British composer, born in the small Worcestershire village of Broadheath to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

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. He collaborated with the poet Robert Bridges, and was responsible for many books on music, including The Evolution of the Art of Music (1896), the third volume of the Oxford History of Music (1907) and a study of Bach (1909). Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748 portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685[1] (O.S.) – July 28, 1750[2] (N.S.)) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period, and is universally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. ... Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of romantic music. ... In Music theory, the diatonic major scale (also known as the Guido scale), from the Greek diatonikos or to stretch out, is a fundamental building block of the European-influenced musical tradition. ... Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934) was a British composer, born in the small Worcestershire village of Broadheath to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ... Ralph Vaughan Williams (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958) was an influential British composer. ... Robert Seymour Bridges (October 23, 1844 - April 21, 1930) was an English poet, holder of the honour of poet laureate from 1913. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748 portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685[1] (O.S.) – July 28, 1750[2] (N.S.)) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period, and is universally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...