Which hymns were most beloved by Queen Elizabeth II? Here is a selection of religious songs that she is known to have loved \u2013 or that featured at prominent moments during her reign.<\/p>\n

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Which hymns did the Queen love the most during her lifetime?<\/h2>\n
Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven<\/h3>\n\n<p>The Queen loved this Christian hymn, written by Anglican clergyman Henry Francis Lyte. First published in 1834, Lyte\u2019s hymn draws on Psalm 103, which is believed to have been written during the life of the Hebrew King David.<\/p>\n<p>Lyte first published the hymn in his collection <em>The Spirit of the Psalms<\/em>, which he used with his congregation in Brixham, south Devon.<\/p>\n<p>The music with which the lyrics are most frequently heard today, however, was written in 1868 by John Goss. Appropriately, there was a Royal connection: Goss was a boy chorister of the Chapel Royal, the establishment that ministers to the spiritual needs of the monarch and Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>The hymn is already a familiar staple from state ceremonies, having been played during Queen Elizabeth\u2019s wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947. More recently, soprano Alexandra Stevenson performed \u2018<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-praise-my-soul-the-king-of-heaven\/"\">\u2018Praise, My Soul the King of Heaven\u2019<\/a> during the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee earlier in 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>The Lord\u2019s My Shepherd<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Hymn:\" the=\"\" lords=\"\" my=\"\" shepherd=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAqPZQeDcFs?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>To mark the Queen\u2019s 90th birthday celebrations back in 2016, BBC Radio 2 produced a show entitled <em>Our Queen: 90 Musical Years<\/em>. As part of this, the Queen listed her ten favourite pieces of music.<\/p>\n<p>Two hymns featured in this list. One was \u2018Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven\u2019 mentioned above: the other was <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-lord-is-my-shepherd\/"\">\u2018The Lord\u2019s My Shepherd\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The words of this beautiful hymn are believed to have been written by the 17th-century Puritan politician and author Francis Rous, based on Psalm 23. It is most commonly sung, meanwhile, to the tune of \u2018CRIMOND<em>\u2018<\/em>, by Scottish hymnist Jessie Seymour Irvine.<\/p>\n<h3>All People that on Earth do Dwell<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Hymn\" all=\"\" people=\"\" that=\"\" on=\"\" earth=\"\" do=\"\" dwell=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X-1dQ8t03mE?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>We don\u2019t know whether this was a favourite of the Queen\u2019s \u2013 but it was sung at her Coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1953, so it\u2019s bound to have some strong resonances.<\/p>\n<p>The words to \u2018All People that on Earth do Dwell\u2019 are an arrangement of Psalm 100 (also known as \u2018The Old Hundredth\u2019), by Elizabethan churchman William Kethe.<\/p>\n<p>For the Coronation, no less a composer than Ralph Vaughan Williams set Kethe\u2019s translation to music \u2013 for all four vocal parts, plus organ, orchestra and congregation.<\/p>\n<h3>I Vow to Thee My Country<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""I\" vow=\"\" to=\"\" thee=\"\" my=\"\" country=\"\" festival=\"\" of=\"\" remembrance=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvouc8Qs_MI?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>This rousing and emotional piece was also performed at the Queen\u2019s Coronation in 1953. The music, famously, is from the Jupiter section of Gustav Holst\u2019s orchestral suite, The Planets. The words to <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/i-vow-to-thee-my-country-lyrics\/"\">\u2018I Vow to Thee My Country\u2019<\/a>, meanwhile, originate in a poem by the Edwardian diplomat Sir Cecil Spring Rice.<\/p>\n<h3>Lead us, Heavenly Father<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Lead\" us=\"\" heavenly=\"\" father=\"\" lead=\"\" queen=\"\" birthday=\"\" service=\"\" of=\"\" thanksgiving.=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wqzau4v23m0?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>This traditional Christian hymn asks for guidance and protection from God. Sung during the Queen\u2019s 90th Birthday Service of Thanksgiving, it is another strong candidate for one of her favourite hymns.<br\/>\nThe words to <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/lead-us-heavenly-father-lyrics\/"\">Lead Us, Heavenly Father<\/a> were composed by Victorian architect and surveyor James Edmeston. He sounds like a remarkable fellow: on top of the busy day job, Edmeston found the time to compose some 2000 hymns \u2013 one every Sunday.<br\/>\nThe hymn has been set to music in several different arrangements, including one by the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century German musicologist Friedrich Filitz.<\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"><div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> \n<ul><li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-school-hymns\/"\">The best school hymns that we loved to sing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-hymns-of-all-time\/"\">Best hymns of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-advent-hymns\/"\">Best Advent hymns and music<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/jerusalem-lyrics\/"\">What are the lyrics to the hymn \u2018Jerusalem\u2019?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><p>Pic: Getty Images<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Wright Published: Monday, 12 September 2022 at 12:00 am Which hymns were most beloved by Queen Elizabeth II? 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Which hymns did the Queen love the most during her lifetime?<\/h2>\n