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Also known as Charles Hubert Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, C. Hubert H. Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Bt.

British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918)

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Hubert Parry was a male composer from the United Kingdom. His work is categorized within the classical and romantic genres, with specific tags including British, English, and choral music. He is recognized as a British composer.

Parry was born on February 27, 1848, and died on October 7, 1918. His compositions are listed in various databases, with work counts ranging from one to five across different sources. One of his top works is identified as *Songs* (Musica Britannica).

His music has been played 230,306 times and has 44,939 listeners on Last.fm. Parry is referenced by 520 other encyclopedia articles. He stated that methods of art are the product of the patient labour of generations.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Family name
Parry
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Bournemouth
Place of death
Rustington
Educated at
Eton College
Languages spoken
English language
Award
baronet
Noble title
baronet
Academic degree
Doctor of Music
Member of team
Wanderers F.C.
Image
Hubert Parry c1893b.jpg
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Commons category
Hubert Parry
date of birth
1848-02-27
date of death
1918-10-07
medical condition
1918–1920 flu pandemic
cause of death
influenza
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Hubert Hastings Parry
place of burial
St Paul's Cathedral
writing language
English language
honorific prefix
Sir
Sources (1)

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Hubert Parry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Hubert Parry in The Musical Quarterly, c. 1916

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 – 7 October 1918), was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Born in Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", his 1902 setting for the coronation anthem "I was glad", the choral and orchestral ode Blest Pair of Sirens, and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind". His orchestral works include five symphonies and a set of Symphonic Variations. He also composed the music for Ode to Newfoundland, the national anthem for the Dominion of Newfoundland.

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