I was glad when they said unto me (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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Editor: Stuart McIntosh (added 2002-07-02).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 252 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.

General Information

Title: I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB (a short passage is SATB.SATB)
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Orginally for orchestra; organ accompaniment is also common.

Published: Unknown; first performed in 1902; version which was first performed in 1911 is the version that modern performances follow.

Description: According to Jeremy Dibble, "Parry's Coronation Anthem is universally recognized as a masterpiece of ceremonial music." (see C. Hurbert H. Parry: His Life and Music by Jeremy Dibble - Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992)

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Original text and translations

Psalm 122 vv. 1-3, 6, 7 plus: Vivat Regina Elizabetha! in between verses 3 and 6.