In a message dated 11/9/98 12:11:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, Russell Jackson
writes:
 
<< The "Vivat" section of Parry's - I was glad - (Ps. 122), is the section
sung
 by the scholars at Westminster School during the Coronation Ceremony.  This
is
 why it is not used except for the monarch.  The Latin is "Vivat Regina
 Elizabetha" which means "Long live Queen Elizabeth." >>
 
Vernon deTar once spoke of a wedding at Church of the Ascension in Manhattan,
for which the parents of the bride desperately wanted the choir to sing the
Parry, complete with "Vivat Roberta," the bride's name. I believe he told me
he actually did this, with some clever textual adjustments to make it all fit.
I would like to have been there!
 
Cheers,
 
Malcolm Wechsler
N. P. Mander, Ltd. - U. S. A.
www.mander-organs.com
 
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