11 July 2020
Who Knew?
That the lyrics to 'Land of Hope and Glory', masterfully performed here by Dame Vera Lynn (1917-2020), whose funeral was yesterday, were written by A.C. Benson, the brother of Msgr Robert Hugh Benson, author of Lord of the World and other great Catholic novels? The music, of course, was written by Sir Edgar Elgar and is best known in the US as 'Pomp and Circumstance'.
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Apparently Sir Edward(!) didn't care for the lyrics, which he thought too jingoistic.
ReplyDeleteIt seems he was quite fond of the Germans.
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DeleteIn 1901 I think probably the majority of Britishers were 'quite fond' of the Germans. The Entente Cordiale was still three years away, the French were the hereditary enemy and had been for centuries and Wilhelm was Queen Victoria's grandson and the nephew of Edward VII. It took the Great War to change their minds.
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