Parry, Sir Hubert, Baronet
- Parry, Sir Hubert, Baronet
-
▪ British composer
born Feb. 27, 1848, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng.
died Oct. 7, 1918, Rustington, Sussex
composer, writer, and teacher, influential in the revival of English music at the end of the 19th century.
While at Eton, where he studied composition, he took the bachelor of music degree from Oxford (1867). Among his later teachers, the pianist Edward Dannreuther particularly influenced him.
Parry's
Scenes from Prometheus Unbound (1880) was the first of a series of choral works that showed his gift for the massive effects that characterized English music of the rest of the 19th century. Among his works are
Blest Pair of Sirens (1887) for chorus and orchestra; the oratorios
Judith (1888),
Job (1892), and
King Saul (1894); and his
Songs of Farewell (1916–18). His unison song “Jerusalem” (1916), a setting of words from William Blake's
Milton, became almost a second national anthem during and after World War I. His other works include five symphonies,
Symphonic Variations, chorale preludes for organ, motets, and many songs.
In 1883 Parry was appointed choragus (festival conductor) of the University of Oxford and joined the staff of the Royal College of Music, London, becoming its director in 1894. In 1900 he became professor of music at Oxford. He was knighted in 1898 and created a baronet in 1903. (He died without sons, and the baronetcy became extinct.) His writings on music include Studies of Great Composers (1886), The Evolution of the Art of Music (1896), Johann Sebastian Bach (1909), and Style in Musical Art (1911).
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Hubert Parry — circa 1916 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 – 7 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Parry s first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral… … Wikipedia
Parry — [ pærɪ], 1) Sir (seit 1898) Charles Hubert Hastings, seit 1903 Baronet, britischer Komponist, * Bournemouth 27. 2. 1848, ✝ Rustington (County West Sussex) 7. 10. 1918; verdient um die Pflege der Werke J. S. Bachs; komponierte Orchesterwerke… … Universal-Lexikon
Baronet — For the brush footed butterfly species, see Euthalia nais. Royal and noble ranks Emperor Empress King Queen … Wikipedia
arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… … Universalium
choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… … Universalium
Blake, William — born Nov. 28, 1757, London, Eng. died Aug. 12, 1827, London English poet, painter, engraver, and visionary. Though he did not attend school, he was trained as an engraver at the Royal Academy and opened a print shop in London in 1784. He… … Universalium
List of Old Etonians born in the 19th century — The following notable old boys of Eton College were born in the 19th century.1800s* Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802 ndash;1839), poet and politician * Sir John William Lubbock (1803 ndash;1865), Vice Chancellor, University of London, 1837… … Wikipedia
Edward Elgar — Naissance 2 juin 1857 Broadheath … Wikipédia en Français
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire — This is a list of High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire.William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen* Ibert * Peter de Valoignes * Edward de Saresburg * Geoffrey de Magnaville * Stephen * Alberie de Vere, Jun, and *1139 Richard Bassett, Justices of England * … Wikipedia
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea — (16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was an English statesman. Early lifeHe was the younger son of the 11th Earl of Pembroke; his mother being the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Woronzoff (or Vorontsova), daughter of the Russian ambassador… … Wikipedia
