Once to Every Person and Nation - for Harp and Chamber Ensemble

 I admit, I brazenly changed a word in the title of this song: "Man" to "Person."  This old Welsh melody has been my all-time favorite hymn since I was a teen - minor key, low, grinding march-type tune.  The first 2 lines are "Once to every man and nation, Comes the moment to decide." I think it is particularly appropriate in our time. It's about 2 and a half minutes long.

Pictures in Video -

1 - etching by William Strang, 1913, "The Aeroplane"
2 - painting by Honore Daumier, 1856, "Theater Audience"
3 - painting by A. Yakovlev, 1918, in Peking
4 - newspaper illustration, circa 1871 Louisiana, "French Opera House"
5 - print, 1868, "The High Court of Impeachment"
6 - painting by Fritz Beinke, 1873, "The Juggler"
7 - detail of postcard illustration by Albert Guillaume, circa 1914, "15 minutes of Entr'acte"
8 - detail of painting by Antonina Rzhevskaya, circa 1902, "The Music"
9 - detail of aquatint print by George Cruikshank, 1821, "Drury Lane Theatre"
10 - detail of drawing by B. Kustodiev, 1908, "Yakov Turok Is Singing"
11 - detail of painting by William Geets, 1809, "The Accident"
12 - woodblock print by Utagawa Hirosige, 1838, "View of the Kabuki Theaters"
13 - book illustration from "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan, written 1678, illus. 1821, "Road from City of Destruction to the Celestial City"