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Vaughan Ralph Williams
This book contains the bulk of Dr. Vaughan Williams’ writings on music. The topics of the paper range from Bach to Holst, and all are illuminated by the author’s comments.
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for SSSAAA unaccompanied Published for the very first time, this is a beautiful arrangement of the old German tune 'Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen', setting words adapted from an old…
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for unison voices and piano A heartfelt setting of words by Frances Farrer that moves through the four seasons.
for SATB and congregation, with organ/orchestra/brass ensemble Orchestral material is available on hire.
Unison song
for SA chorus and piano From English Traditional Carols.
for STB soloists and unaccompanied SATB choir This motet was first performed at the dedication of the Battle of Britain Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London, and has an accordingly sombre…
Frank Stewart Howes
Frank Howes
Ralph Vaughan Willams is one of the most celebrated composers in British history, and this book explores his life and work in detail. With insightful analysis and a wealth of…
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Michael Kennedy
This is a biographical account of Vaughan Williams’ musical life - the story of a great composer’s career, and at the same time the story of music in England over…
Nigel Simeone
The first detailed study of the working relationship and productive friendship between Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Adrian Boult (1889-1983).
Originally published in 1964 as part of Michael Kennedy’s ‘The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams’, this catalogue is now in a revised edition and includes corrections and new material that…
Ursula Vaughan Williams
An authoritative and detailed account of the life of a man who stood at the centre of musical events in Britain for sixty years.
Ryan Ross
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Research and Information Guide presents the most extensive annotated bibliography of its subject yet produced. It offers comprehensive coverage of the English composer’s prose works and…
This selection of 750 of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ letters, introduced and annotated, provides insights on his early development, his own music and his views on the music of others, his…
A leading British composer of the twentieth-century, Ralph Vaughan Williams was a lifelong exponent of choral music and singing. This two-part collection of new arrangements and editions features well-loved and…
Caroline Davison
A beautifully written exploration of the world of Edwardian folk music, and its influence on the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
In January 1905 the young Vaughan Williams, not yet one…
Ralph Vaughan Williams
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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The Piano Quintet in C Minor is a substantial and superbly written work lasting some 30 minutes. The first movement, marked Allegro con fuoco, is expansive, loquacious and filled with…
Of all his early chamber works, the ‘Nocturne’ is most clearly by the mature Vaughan Williams, almost anticipating the influence of Ravel which followed his lessons from the French composer…
‘Quartet in C’ is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorak-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding…
Features Ralph Vaughan Williams’ settings of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 71 and Ben Johnson’s Echo’s Lament for Narcissus , presenting an insight into the early development of one of Britain’s greatest 20th…
This choral composition by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is a beautiful and complex piece of music that has been performed by choirs around the world. A must-have for any…
Classical Vocal Solos
for solo violin and orchestra or piano This serene romance is one of Vaughan Williams’s most enduring popular works. Taking its title from a poem by George Meredith, the music…
Thomas Tallis's theme is the third of nine psalm tunes that he contributed to Archbishop Parker's Psalter in 1567. It is not known when Vaughan Williams first came across the…
This soulful piece was discovered among the composer’s manuscripts upon his death in 1958 and published posthumously in 1962. The viola part is edited by Bernard Shore and the piano…
for Tenor Tuba (Euphonium) and piano Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument. The original plan to transpose…
The work is divided into three self-contained groups of two to three pieces each, and reflects the composer’s pleasure in writing an English style of music by evoking, in this…
for voice and oboe These settings richly conjure the moods and sentiments of William Blake’s poems. The first nine songs set words from Songs of Innocence and Experience, with the…
for soprano and B-flat clarinet This set of three brief vocalises comprises a Prelude, Scherzo, and Quasi menuetto. They were composed during the final year of the composer’s life in…
The one-act ballet Job has been described as one of Vaughan Williams’s mightiest achievements. It is a work which, in a full production, combines painting, literature, music, and dance. The…
Described by Walton as the ‘greatest symphony since Beethoven’, Vaughan Williams’s fourth symphony is noted for its abrasively dissonant harmonic language. This new scholarly edition, edited by David Matthews, will…
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Stephen Town
The Choral-Orchestral Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Autographs, Context, Discourse combines contextual knowledge, a musical commentary, an inventory of the holograph manuscripts, and a critical assessment of the opus to…
Mezzo, Baritone soli, SATB chorus / Orchestra 2+1, 2+1, 2+Eb, 2+1 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, perc, 2hp, org, strs ISMN: 979-0-58021-034-0
Orchestra: 2d1, 2+1, 2+Eb, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1, timp, perc, hp, strs. Revised version of 1914. ISMN 979-0-800001-97-0
Steven K. White
Letters written by Ralph Vaughan Williams to fellow composer Robert Muller-Hartmann between 1938-1950. Muller-Hartmann was a Jewish German composer exiled in England. Vaughan Williams, Imogen Holst and Genia Hornstein helped…
