Sir Hubert Parry was one of Britain's most creative and influential musicians, and a key architect of the English Musical Renaissance. This is a major reappraisal of Parry, both of his life and his vast legacy of compositions. Well known for three enduringly popular works-Blest Pair of Sirens, I was Glad, and Jerusalem, almost an unofficial national anthem-Parry has long been presented as a paternal, establishment figure, an image reinforced by a number of popular photographs. Yet Parry's personality was infinitely more ...
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Sir Hubert Parry was one of Britain's most creative and influential musicians, and a key architect of the English Musical Renaissance. This is a major reappraisal of Parry, both of his life and his vast legacy of compositions. Well known for three enduringly popular works-Blest Pair of Sirens, I was Glad, and Jerusalem, almost an unofficial national anthem-Parry has long been presented as a paternal, establishment figure, an image reinforced by a number of popular photographs. Yet Parry's personality was infinitely more complex, as Jeremy Dibble makes clear. Drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence made available for the first time, he is able to draw a detailed portrait of a radical, energetic, yet hypersensitive and lonely man, locked in an unhappy marriage, and in fact a living contradiction of the stereotypical Victorian gentleman. In the course of this, the composer's relationships and friendships, his beliefs, and interactions with other composers emerge with clarity. Dibble also charts Parry's development as a composer, and presents a detailed examination of his works illustrated with a number of musical examples. The book contains a complete list of works and is illustrated with 33 plates.
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This is THE authoritative review on the life and works of C. Hubert Hastings Parry. So, why would one want to learn about this composer, who seems to have retreated into the dustbin of history? (The only work of his I knew was, "I Was Glad," a monumental anthem used for the coronation of QEII.) He was surprisingly influential in his day, and his music deserves another look. Moreover, his life was interesting, and it will serve as an inspiration to those who have wrestled with the issues he encountered in his life. As Dibble notes in his preface, he has been able to treat some of the less savory aspects of Parry's family life without the inhibitions that early authors encountered from the survival of Parry relatives. The review contains numerous musical examples, and for such a scholarly work, is quite readable.
