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The Holy City (song) The Holy City is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892, with music by Michael Maybrick writing under the alias Stephen Adams, with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly. Its sheet music sales made it one of the most commercially successful songs in the UK and United States around the beginning of the 20th century, and also ...
31 January 1841. Liverpool, UK. Died. 26 August 1913. Occupation. composer. Relatives. James Maybrick (brother) Michael Maybrick (31 January 1841 – 26 August 1913) [1] was an English composer and singer, best known under his pseudonym Stephen Adams as the composer of "The Holy City", one of the most popular religious songs in English.
The first of Weatherly's well-known works was the hymn "The Holy City", written in 1892 to music by the British composer Stephen Adams. The song includes the refrain "Jerusalem, Jerusalem!". He wrote the song "Danny Boy" while living in Bath in 1910, but it did not meet with much success.
English language. "The Holy City" by Frederic Weatherly and Stephen Adams, released in 1892. "Jerusalem is Mine" by Kenny Karen, released in 1975. "Jerusalem" by Sleep, first released in 1999. "Jerusalem" by [Steve Earle]], first released in 2002.
"The Holy City" (w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams) – Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner "Home Sweet Home" (w. John Howard Payne m. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop) – George J. Gaskin on Edison "The Honeymoon" (m. George Rosey) – Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" (w. Philip Wingate m. Henry W. Petrie)
Your Hundred Best Tunes was a BBC radio music programme, always broadcast on Sunday evenings, which presented popular works which were mostly classical excerpts, choral works, opera and ballads. The hundred tunes which made up the playlist were initially selected by the creator and presenter, Alan Keith. Subsequently, tunes were suggested by ...
"The Holy City" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams "La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden "Liebestraum Nocturne" m. Virginia Field "Molly And I And The Baby" w.m. Harry Kennedy "My Old Dutch" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" w.m. James Thornton
Adams signed to Christian music label Harmony Records to release the album. The record was co-produced by Adams and Michael J. Powell, who had also produced some songs on Adams' previous album Moving On. The album was well-received critically, and charted in the top 10 of the US Billboard Gospel and Christian charts. The songs "Holy Is the Lamb ...