Thaxted (tune)

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Many Christian hymns have been written to the tune. Notable ones include: • "I Vow to Thee, My Country" – Cecil Spring Rice, 1921. • "O God Beyond All Praising" – Michael Perry, 1982. • "We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God" – a paraphrase of the Te Deum Laudamus by Stephen P. Starke in the 2006 Lutheran Service Book • "For the Splendor of Creation" – a hymn sung at Harvard University commencement ceremonies. • "O Spirit All-Embracing" – Delores Dufner, 1995. == Secular songs written to the tune ==

• "In the Quest for Understanding" – sesquicentennial anthem for Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin • "World in Union" – the anthem with lyrics by Charlie Skarbek, introduced at the 1991 Rugby World Cup • The noise rock band Harvey Milk used Thaxted as a section in their song "The Anvil Will Fall". • English folk trio Kerr Fagan Harbron used Thaxted as an introduction to the song "Leaving Old England". • The Swedish extreme metal band Bathory used Thaxted as the basis for the song "Hammerheart" on the album Twilight of the Gods • Japanese singer Ayaka Hirahara released the song "", based on the melody, in December 2003. • Sarah Brightman recorded the song "Running" in 2007. It was the theme song for the IAAF Championships. • A choral adaptation of the tune for women's voices features prominently in the 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile. • Maddy Prior includes the tune in two pieces of her 2003 album Lionhearts. == Other uses of the melody ==

• The credits theme for the 2001 Sega video game Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force. • The Civilization V soundtrack as the theme of the English civilization. • The South Korean television series Again My Life used the tune for its soundtrack. • The children's show Bluey used the tune in a second season episode named "Sleepytime". • The 1988 mini-series True Believers about the history of the Australian Labor Party uses the melody as its theme song. A literary reference appears in "The Adventure of the Lost World", a Sherlock Holmes pastiche written by Dominic Green, where the tune is a major plot element, though the story contains a chronological error in that its Autumn 1918 setting would pre-date the publishing of the tune under the name "Thaxted". ==Uses at major events==

The tune has been played at various major events: In the United Kingdom • The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. • The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. • The funeral of Elizabeth II in 2022. • The coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023. In the United States • The funeral service of US Senator John McCain at the Washington National Cathedral on 1 September 2018. • The funeral Mass of Justice Antonin Scalia in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. ==References==