OFM: Jennifer, first I’d like to thank you very much for all the hard work you have put into this commemorative project. I thought I would begin by asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself and your interest in this project.

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918) is best known today for “Jerusalem,” the song he composed in 1916 based on the verse preface of William Blake’s epic poem, Milton. What initially circulated as an inspirational tune during the World War I era eventually became a public sensation. Parry’s musical adaptation rose in popularity as a church hymn and then more broadly as the unofficial national anthem in the United Kingdom.