Home of My Heart - C. H. H. Parry - Harmonium Choral Society Chamber Singers

Wellspring - May 2023
Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack
Harmonium Choral Society Chamber Singers
Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry was an influential 19th-century English composer, probably best known today for his setting of William Blake's poem Jerusalem and the coronation anthem I Was Glad. After attempting a career in insurance, Parry worked on Grove’s original Dictionary of Music and Musicians and became professor of composition and musical history at the Royal College of Music. He was also professor of music at the University of Oxford from 1900 to 1908. Parry's influence as a teacher was profound, including among his students Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge, and John Ireland. Home of My Heart is No. 4 of Eight Four-Part Songs (London, 1898). This is the only work of the eight by poet and essayist Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925), a contemporary of Parry’s, who is best known for the words to the British patriotic song Land of Hope and Glory. The poem expresses a longing for the beloved by using nature imagery of roses, moon, and pine.
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