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=="Jerusalem"==

=="Jerusalem"==

The hymn "Jerusalem" was written to the above text by English [[composer]] [[Hubert Parry]] during 1915-16, at the suggestion of the Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges, for a meeting of the “Fight to Right” universal suffrage movement, and had its first public performance during the celebrations marking the attainment of voting rights for women in 1918.

The song "Jerusalem" was written to the above text by English [[composer]] [[Hubert Parry]] during 1915-16, at the suggestion of the Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges, for a meeting of the “Fight to Right” universal suffrage movement, and had its first public performance during the celebrations marking the attainment of voting rights for women in 1918.

It was taken over by the Women’s Institute, and various other groups--cultural and political--and became extremely popular. These days, it enjoys its annual enthusiastic bellow at the “Last Night of the Proms”, and has a unique place in English culture as a sort of unofficial national anthem at sporting contests. (A song, “Fight for Right”, written by [[Edward Elgar]] at the same time for the same purpose, and with far more bellicose words, has failed to last the distance.)

It was taken over by the Women’s Institute, and various other groups--cultural and political--and became extremely popular. These days, it enjoys its annual enthusiastic bellow at the “Last Night of the Proms”, and has a unique place in English culture as a sort of unofficial national anthem at sporting contests. (A song, “Fight for Right”, written by [[Edward Elgar]] at the same time for the same purpose, and with far more bellicose words, has failed to last the distance.)