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"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named " Thaxted ", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of Holst's 1917 suite The Planets .
The patriotic hymn "I Vow To Thee, My Country", composed by Gustav Holst and Cecil Spring Rice, has long been adopted as a symbol of national pride and remembrance, and is often considered among potential future anthems for the United Kingdom altogether.
I Vow to Thee, My Country" – Cecil Spring Rice, 1921. This setting was sung at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981 and again at the latter's funeral in 1997, and the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in 2013. [ 3 ]
With this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. In the Alternative Service Book (1980) two versions of the vows are included: the bride and groom must select one of the versions only. Version A:
4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" Piano: 153: 1924: Toccata: for piano: founded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads" Piano: 154: 1924: A Piece for Yvonne: for piano: Piano: 165: 46/1: 1926: Chrissemas Day in the Morning: for piano: founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads: Piano: 166: 46/2: 1927: 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 ...
In 1918, he rewrote the words of his most notable poem, Urbs Dei (The City of God) or The Two Fatherlands, to become the text for the hymn I Vow to Thee My Country. The hymn was first performed in 1925, after Spring Rice's death and has since become a widely recognised British anthem.
The poem and hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country" became known as a response to the human cost of World War I. The hymn was first performed in 1925 and quickly became a patriotic anthem. Imogen commented in 1968 that for more than half a century the hymn had been affecting the original Jupiter with "unwanted associations". [27]
The official album of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand was launched on 9 August by New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra.It was released by Universal Music on 26 August, [8] [9] and included 22 tracks recorded by classical artists.