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Copy AA of "Holy Thursday", printed in 1826. This copy is currently held by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. [1] Holy Thursday is a poem by William Blake, from his 1789 book of poems Songs of Innocence. (There is also a Holy Thursday poem in Songs of Experience, which contrasts with this song.)
William Blake's 1794 "Holy Thursday".This image depicts copy F of the illustration currently held by the Yale Center for British Art. [1]"Holy Thursday" is a poem by William Blake, first published in Songs of Innocence and Experience in 1794.
The composer Victoria Poleva completed "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" in 2002, a chamber cycle on the verses by Blake for soprano, clarinet and accordion. It was first performed by the ensemble Accroche-Note of France. [23] Electronic rock group Tangerine Dream based their 1987 album Tyger on lyrics by William Blake. [24]
William Blake's illustration of his verse "Holy Thursday", the fourth song in the cycle. A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table is a cycle of six songs with music by William Walton, first performed in 1962. The words, chosen by the librettist Christopher Hassall, are by six different British poets, two of them anonymous.
Holy Thursday" here refers to Ascension rather than Maundy Thursday. Choirs of Charity Children became a feature of London parish church music in the 18th century. From 1704 to 1877 they combined for an annual benefit concert and the impression of massed voices numbering in the thousands was remarked on by visitors including William Blake ...
William Blake was a bit of a nut. That’s partly why we like him so much. The great British Romantic artist, whose lifespan (1757-1827) roughly corresponded with that of mad King George III ...
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[2] [3] [10] William Blake's poem "Holy Thursday" refers to Ascension Day; Thomas Pruen used the term to refer to Ascension Day in his Illustration of the Liturgy of the Church of England, published in 1820; [11] [12] however use of the term "Holy Thursday" to mean Ascension Day is rare, [13] and the term is more generally applied by most ...