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  2. I Vow to Thee, My Country - Wikipedia

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    The poem circulated privately for a few years until it was set to music by Holst, to a tune he adapted from his Jupiter to fit the poem's words. It was performed as a unison song with orchestra in the early 1920s, and it was finally published as a hymn in 1925/6 in the Songs of Praise hymnal (no. 188). [3] It was included in later hymnals ...

  3. Thaxted (tune) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Wikipedia

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    "Drops of Jupiter", initially released and sometimes still listed as "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)", is a song written and recorded by American rock band Train. It was released on January 29, 2001, as the lead single from their second studio album, Drops of Jupiter (2001).

  5. The Planets - Wikipedia

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    Holst used the melody of the central section of "Jupiter" for a setting ("Thaxted") of the hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country" in 1921. [n 5] The Planets has been taken as an influence by various rock bands, and for film scores such as those for the Star Wars series. There have been numerous references to the suite in popular culture, from films ...

  6. Gustav Holst - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter" is renowned for its central melody, "Thaxted", in Dickinson's view "a fantastic relaxation in which many retain a far from sneaking delight". [151] Dickinson and other critics have decried the later use of the tune in the patriotic hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country"—despite Holst's full complicity. [9] [151] [n 14]

  7. World in Union - Wikipedia

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    Westenra had not only recorded the song in English and Māori, as heard on this album, but also in French, Italian, and Japanese. [10] [11] [12] It got No. 1 album position on the Classical Compilation Albums Chart of Official Charts as well as the Classic FM chart after releasing in UK. [13] [14] The Official Album track listing

  8. Ev'rything I've Got - Wikipedia

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    "Ev'rything I've Got" (sometimes referred to as "Ev'rything I've Got Belongs to You") is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical By Jupiter (1942), in which it was introduced by Ray Bolger and Benay Venuta. [1]

  9. Jupiter (Earth, Wind & Fire song) - Wikipedia

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    "Jupiter" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire that was issued as a single in April 1978 on Columbia Records. The single rose to No. 26 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles chart and No. 41 on the UK Pop Singles chart.