A series of great early Opera performances: From 1902 G&Ts to 40s wartime German records:

Great recording of Orville Harrold:Vernon Eville's Song Ride On Ride ON in Majesty amazing sound with baroque trumpets and timpani

Ride on! Ride on in majesty!

Vernon Eville (composer) 
Henry Hart Milman (author) 

Orville Harrold (vocalist : tenor vocal) 
Sante Martorano (instrumentalist : cornet) 
Josef Pasternack (conductor) 

10/9/1922 Camden, New Jersey

10" 78 rpm record

Condition:

EXCELLENT close to pristine faint scuffs, plays E+ noiseless

A CHOICE COPY

amazing sound w brass and trumpets




"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!", also titled "Ride On! Ride On in Majesty",[1] is a Christian hymn written by Henry Hart Milman in 1820.[2] It is a Palm Sunday hymn and refers to Matthew 21:1–17 and Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.[3]


History
While Milman wrote "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!" in 1820, it was not published in a hymn book until 1827 when it was published in Bishop Reginald Heber's Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year. This is reported to only have happened after Milman met Heber in 1823 before Heber became Bishop of Calcutta.[4] It was described by composer Stanley L. Osbourne as "Objective, robust, confident, and stirring, it possesses that peculiar combination of tragedy and victory which draws the singer into the very centre of the drama. It is this which gives the hymn its power and its challenge".[3] The hymn proved popular: in 1907, John Julian, in his Dictionary of Hymnology, stated it was the most popular Palm Sunday hymn in the English language at that time.[3]

The hymn is viewed to be full of dramatic irony.[5] The third line of the first verse "Thine humble beast pursues his road" has been disliked by some hymn book editors. In 1852 it was attempted to be changed to "O Saviour meek, pursue Thy road" and in 1855 to "With joyous throngs pursue Thy road" however both attempts received little popular attention. This led to some hymn books omitting the first verse.[3] The unaltered original text, however appears in later collections such as the 1906 English Hymnal,[6] and in some modern hymnals.[3]

The hymn is used as a processional hymn during Palm Sunday.[5]

Orville Harrold (1878 – 23 October 1933) was an American operatic tenor and musical theatre actor. He began his career in 1906 as a performer in operettas in New York City, and was also seen during his early career in cabaret, musical theatre, and vaudeville performances. With the aid of Oscar Hammerstein I, he branched out into opera in 1910 as a leading tenor with Hammerstein's opera houses in New York City and Philadelphia. While his career from this point on primarily consisted of opera performances, he periodically returned to operetta and musical theatre throughout his career. He notably created the role of Captain Dick Warrington in the world premiere of Victor Herbert's operetta Naughty Marietta in November 1910.

As an opera singer, Harrold specialized in the lyric tenor repertoire of the Italian and French languages. In 1911-1912 he performed with Hammerstein's opera house in London. From 1912-1922 he was one of the leading opera tenors in Chicago; performing with a variety of companies in that city. He spent the last 6 years of his opera career performing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; giving his last opera performance there in 1924. He continued to perform in vaudeville entertainments up into the late 1920s. He made several gramophone records during his career; including recordings for Edison Records, Columbia Records (1913–1916) and the Victor Talking Machine Company (1920-1924).[1]