"Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934), 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 resided 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.
Later hymns that were written to the tune include "O God, Beyond All Praising" (a personal favorite) by Michael Perry (1942-1996), and "Three Days" by M.D. Ridge (1938-2017), among many others.
Arranged using the freeware Leeds Town Organ sample library from Samplephonics, which is available for software samplers like Native Instruments Kontakt 4 & 5, Apple's EXS24 sampler (part of Logic Pro), Propellerheads Reason, and Ableton Sampler.
Later hymns that were written to the tune include "O God, Beyond All Praising" (a personal favorite) by Michael Perry (1942-1996), and "Three Days" by M.D. Ridge (1938-2017), among many others.
Arranged using the freeware Leeds Town Organ sample library from Samplephonics, which is available for software samplers like Native Instruments Kontakt 4 & 5, Apple's EXS24 sampler (part of Logic Pro), Propellerheads Reason, and Ableton Sampler.
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