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Parry, Hubert

PARRY, HUBERT (1848 - 1918)

An English composer and teacher of relative insignificance in the former capacity, Hubert Parry exercised a strong influence over the music of his time in England, occupying positions both at Oxford and at the newly established Royal College of Music. Some of his... (more info)

Parry came from a family of some distinction. He was the second son, and third surviving child of Thomas Gambier Parry by his first wife. His father’s maternal great-uncle was Lord Gambier, Admiral of the Fleet, whose name he had taken, while Thomas Parry himself inherited a fortune from his own father, a director in the East India Company. Hubert Parry was educated at Eton, where he was able to distinguish himself in music, not so much in the desultory musical atmosphere that then obtained at the College, but through association with George Elvey at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and from Elvey he was at least able to have sound enough technical instruction and compose music for the choir. While at school he took the Oxford Bachelor of Music degree. At Oxford he made the most of the musical opportunities offered, continuing, as at school, to compose music, particularly songs and sacred music and to enjoy informal musical gatherings, although his university studies were in law and history. During this period he was able to study, in a long vacation, with Henry Hugo Pierson in Stuttgart.

Parry enjoyed an association with the Herbert family, notably with his school-friend George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke. His marriage to Herbert’s sister Maude, an alliance that won the disapproval of his mother-in-law, Lady Herbert, had various consequences. In the first place Parry was obliged to earn a living and this he attempted, with his father’s help, ro work for a bank. His wife’s variable state of health was to cause continuing worry and difficulties that seemed to impede his musical interests, which remained dominant. Above all, in London he made acquaintance of the pianist and Wagnerian Edward Dannreuther, who became his friend, teacher and adviser.

In 1877, after a winter spent impatiently in Cannes for his wife’s health, Parry gave up his position at the bank. In addition to the income settled on his wife by her family, he had been making a living from his contribution of articles for Grove’s new dictionary of music and musicians. In 1880 Dannreuther played Parry’s Piano Concerto in F sharp major, a choice of key that did not endear him to the orchestra, at the Crystal Palace and success here was followed by a cantata based on Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound for the Gloucester Festival, where it was performed in 1882. At the end of the same year he was invited by Grove to join the new Royal College of Music as Professor of Musical History and shortly afterwards was offered an Honorary Doctorate in Music at Cambirdge, where Prometheus Unbound had been performed in 1881 under Stanford. His First Symphony, for which Richter had eventually found no time in his London concert season, was given with some success in Birmingham.

Church Music

Anthems and service-settings by Parry for the Anglican liturgy remain a part of cathedral repertoire, as do a number of well known hymn-tunes.

Choral and Vocal Music

Parry's setting of Milton's Blest Pair of Sirens remains a staple item in amateur choral repertoire in England, while part-songs and solo songs also retain an occasional and deserved place in vocal repertoire.

Orchestral Music

Parry's five symphonies are seldom heard, but the English Suite and Lady Radnor's Suite, both for string orchestra, make a useful addition to English string orchestra repertoire.

Discography
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Parry: Songs Of Farewell	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 29, 2009	Naxos Classics
	PARRY: The Soul's Ransom / The Lotos-Eaters / Blest Pair of Sirens / Invocation to Music	£15.99	Jan 30, 2006	Chandos
	PARRY / WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / GARDINER / BACH / STANFORD: Choral Works	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	PARRY, H.: Symphonies (Complete)	£44.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	PARRY: Symphonic Variations / Concertstuck in G minor / From Death to Life / Elegy for Brahms	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	PARRY: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius (The) / PARRY: Blest pair of sirens / I was glad	£29.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos

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Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	A Choral Wedding (Anthems & Hymns for Church Weddings)	~~£12.99~~ £6.49	Mar 28, 2011	Naxos Classics
	BEST OF LONDON	£12.99	Jun 30, 2008	Naxos Best Of...
	PSALMS FOR THE SPIRIT	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 30, 2006	Naxos Classics
	BLACK DYKE MILLS BAND: Traditionally British	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	ABIDE WITH ME AND OTHER FAVOURITE HYMNS	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 3, 2005	Naxos Classics
	FERRIER, Kathleen: Songs of the British Isles (1949-1952)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 29, 2005	Naxos Historical
	English String Festival	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	Psalms for the Soul	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Aug 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Elegie: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Jul 1, 2000	Naxos Night Music
	Songs of Praise	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Rule Britannia: Last Night of the Proms	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	English Organ Music, Vol. 2	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics

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