"Thaxted" (I vow to thee my country) Gustov Holst
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"Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life. He adapted the theme in 1921 to fit the patriotic poem "I Vow to Thee, My Country" by Cecil Spring Rice but that was as a unison song with orchestra. It did not appear as a hymn-tune called "Thaxted" until his friend Ralph Vaughan Williams included it in Songs of Praise in 1926
Tune Information
Title: THAXTED (Holst)
Composer: Gustav Theodore Holst (1918)
Score Copyright: Public Domain
https://hymnary.org/tune/thaxted_holst
RESOURCES USED
Titles with;
"SSS" are from the Svensk Söntagsskol sangbok, 1929
"LK" are out of the Swedish 1986 hymnal "Lilla Koralboken"
ISBN 978-91-526-4650-2
"DL" are out of the German hymn book; Deutsches Liederbuch: Sammlung von Chorälen und Liedern für Schule und Haus, 1895
https://books.google.com/books?id=Vro0AQAAMAAJ
"CF" are out of the Welsh hymn book "Caneuon Ffydd
"LK" are out of the Swedish hymn book "Lilla Koralboken"
ISBN 13: 9789152646502
"EG" are out of the German organ book set l&ll "Evangelischen Gesangbuch"
ISMN 9790006489145
"GSS" are from the 1866 German hymn book "Gesange fur Sonntag-Schulen" (Song book for Sunday School)
"JKS" are from the 1936 Slovak hymn book "Jednotny Katholicky Spevnik" ( "Uniform Catholic songbook" ) by Spolok Vojtecha
"SZVU" are out of the Hungarian hymn book (Szent vagy, uram!) ISBN# 963-360-361-7 Harmat Artur & Sik Sandor, Budapest
"EE" are from the hymn book Eneklo Egyhaz, purchased from a bookstore in Budapest Hungary Oct/2020
"SKS" are from the 1918 hymn book "Slovensky Kalvinsky Spevnik"
https://archive.org/details/slovenskykalvi00slov/page/n6/mode/1up
I rarely use pedals unless I know the piece real well and can add the pedal line.
RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED;
As of Oct 1st, 2022; Panasonic DMC-FZ300 camera coupled with a Saramonic PAX1 mixer and two Shure SM137 condensor mics.
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ORGAN
Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
4' Flute Triangulare (From 1957 Moller, Opus 9122 Carlisle PA) Extended to 8' with St Diapason 1-12 from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Salicional from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Vox Celeste (from tenor c)
8' Open Diapason 1-61, (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 Fort Dodge IA, winded by it's original Kinetic blower)
8' Trumpet (1969 Reuter Opus 1659)
4' Flute traverso derived from an 8' St Diapason (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 Fort Dodge IA, winded by it's original Kinetic blower)
Great:
8' Open Diapason
8' Doppleflute (Uses Melodia bass 1-12) (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Melodia
4' Principal, of unknown make, spotted metal
8' Dulciana (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932)
Deagan chimes- 20 tubes, from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932, plays on; A22- E41
Pedal:
16' Bourdon 44 pipes (#1 scale from 1934 Reuter)
Usual couplers 4',16' Gt-Sw , Gt-Ped, Sw-Ped
Tune Information
Title: THAXTED (Holst)
Composer: Gustav Theodore Holst (1918)
Score Copyright: Public Domain
https://hymnary.org/tune/thaxted_holst
RESOURCES USED
Titles with;
"SSS" are from the Svensk Söntagsskol sangbok, 1929
"LK" are out of the Swedish 1986 hymnal "Lilla Koralboken"
ISBN 978-91-526-4650-2
"DL" are out of the German hymn book; Deutsches Liederbuch: Sammlung von Chorälen und Liedern für Schule und Haus, 1895
https://books.google.com/books?id=Vro0AQAAMAAJ
"CF" are out of the Welsh hymn book "Caneuon Ffydd
"LK" are out of the Swedish hymn book "Lilla Koralboken"
ISBN 13: 9789152646502
"EG" are out of the German organ book set l&ll "Evangelischen Gesangbuch"
ISMN 9790006489145
"GSS" are from the 1866 German hymn book "Gesange fur Sonntag-Schulen" (Song book for Sunday School)
"JKS" are from the 1936 Slovak hymn book "Jednotny Katholicky Spevnik" ( "Uniform Catholic songbook" ) by Spolok Vojtecha
"SZVU" are out of the Hungarian hymn book (Szent vagy, uram!) ISBN# 963-360-361-7 Harmat Artur & Sik Sandor, Budapest
"EE" are from the hymn book Eneklo Egyhaz, purchased from a bookstore in Budapest Hungary Oct/2020
"SKS" are from the 1918 hymn book "Slovensky Kalvinsky Spevnik"
https://archive.org/details/slovenskykalvi00slov/page/n6/mode/1up
I rarely use pedals unless I know the piece real well and can add the pedal line.
RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED;
As of Oct 1st, 2022; Panasonic DMC-FZ300 camera coupled with a Saramonic PAX1 mixer and two Shure SM137 condensor mics.
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ORGAN
Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
4' Flute Triangulare (From 1957 Moller, Opus 9122 Carlisle PA) Extended to 8' with St Diapason 1-12 from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Salicional from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Vox Celeste (from tenor c)
8' Open Diapason 1-61, (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 Fort Dodge IA, winded by it's original Kinetic blower)
8' Trumpet (1969 Reuter Opus 1659)
4' Flute traverso derived from an 8' St Diapason (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 Fort Dodge IA, winded by it's original Kinetic blower)
Great:
8' Open Diapason
8' Doppleflute (Uses Melodia bass 1-12) (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Melodia
4' Principal, of unknown make, spotted metal
8' Dulciana (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932)
Deagan chimes- 20 tubes, from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932, plays on; A22- E41
Pedal:
16' Bourdon 44 pipes (#1 scale from 1934 Reuter)
Usual couplers 4',16' Gt-Sw , Gt-Ped, Sw-Ped