John Dalmas wrote:

>Eric Schissel wrote:
>
>>Hrm- then there's also Raff's overture with the same theme, and the same
>>title, but written in 1864 . . .  this was written to celebrate the 25th
>>anniversary of the accession of the Duke of Nassau . . .  (I forget what
>>name it went by in Nassau offhand.)
>
>Some musicologists take it right back to England and attribute the first
>use of the tune to John Bull in one of his harpsichord pieces, but that
>may just be bull.

I have seen it attributed to Dr. Henry Cary.

The carol "Remember, O Thou Man" seems to be related.

Bruce Alan Wilson