In 2020 a new musical arrangement of the poem by Errollyn Wallen, a British composer born in Belize, was sung by South African soprano Golda Schultz at the Last Night of the Proms.

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Bridges asked Parry to supply "suitable, simple music to Blake's stanzas – music that an audience could take up and join in", and added that, if Parry could not do it himself, he might delegate the task to George Butterworth. He added a four-bar musical introduction to each verse and a coda, echoing melodic motifs of the song. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.It has been sung at conferences of the Conservative Party, at the Glee Club of the British Liberal Assembly, the Labour Party and by the Liberal Democrats. And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. It was sung as a hymn during the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey. Many schools use the song, especially public schools in Great Britain (it was used as the title music for the BBC's 1979 series Public School about Radley College), and several private schools in Australia, New Zealand, New England and Canada. On its being played at King George V opening the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, "British Table Talk", Christian Century (22 May 1924): 663; and Rubert Speaight, "England and St.