Which British patriotic hymn created in 1921 was a unison song with an orchestra?
Thaxted (tune) "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 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. This setting was sung at the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997.
Coronation March (Edward German) The Coronation March is a piece for full orchestra composed by Edward German in 1911 upon invitation for the coronation ceremonies of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary. The march and its accompanying hymn, "Veni Creator Spiritus," were partly derived from the composer's incidental music to Henry Irving's 1892 production of Henry VIII.