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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 Manse in Thaxted, where Gustav Holst lived from 1917 to 1925 "Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life.
The flower to which the song's lyrics refer is one of England's national emblems, the Tudor Rose. 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 ...
Since the 1920s, the "Thaxted" melody has been widely used, both as part of "I Vow to Thee, My Country", as an instrumental, and with other lyrics, both religious and secular. Other hymns that use the melody include "O God beyond all praising" [28] and "We Praise You and Acknowledge You" with lyrics by the Rev. Stephen P. Starke. [29]
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.
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 ...
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.
He is perhaps best known [4] [5] [6] for the lyrics he set to music originally from the central section of Jupiter, the fourth movement from Gustav Holst's suite The Planets to create "World in Union". [7] The tune, also known as "Thaxted", had previously been used for the patriotic song "I Vow to Thee, My Country" and in various other word ...