| Work Title
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The Glories of Our Blood and State
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICP 24
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| First Performance.
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1883-09-04 in Gloucester, Three Choirs Festival
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| First Publication.
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1885
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| Librettist
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James Shirley (1596–1666), from The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Mixed chorus, orchestra
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| Extra Information
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The title could be misleading without the second line of the poem: 'The glories of our blood and state / Are shadows, not substantial things...'
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