March of The Crusaders from The legend of St. Elizabeth by Liszt Arranged by WHB

From The Village Organist Volume 5 in which the arranger (not certain of identity) adds the following footnote.. 'This version does not adhere rigidly to the original, and must therefore be regarded as a paraphrase of the same. It is printed by permission of the original publisher of Liszt's work, C. F Nachfolger, Leipzig.

This movement comes from the third scene of the Oratorio -
which opens with the song of the Crusaders ("In Palestine, the Holy Land"), the accompaniment to which is an independent march movement. The stately rhythm is followed by a solo by the Landgrave, bidding farewell to Elizabeth and appealing to his subjects to be loyal to her. The chorus replies in a short number, based upon the Hungarian melody which has already been heard.
This latter melody (the central section of the piece I'm playing) is best known as the Hymn Tune, 'Ascalon' (ASCALON, referring to the location of the First Crusade’s last battle) usually associated with the hymn 'Fairest Lord Jesus'. Liszt famously employs this, which was also known as the CRUSADERS’ HYMN tune, in his 1864 oratorio, 'The Legend of St. Elizabeth. During his “Crusader’s March'.
Played on Hauptwerk sample set of St. Mary le Bow. Thumbnail is a painting depicting The Battle of Ascalon