Job
Oxford University Press
9780193514324 (ISBN)
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 work was inspired by William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, and includes quotations from the King James Bible. The result is a musical masterpiece, combining the ancient and the modern: Vaughan Williams's earlier style is in evidence, including tranquil pastoral melodies, but the work also anticipates the composer's later style. This new, scholarly edition, edited by Julian Rushton, will replace the existing OUP edition from 1934, and will include detailed preliminary matter, comprising a preface, sources and editorial method, and detailed textual notes.
Ralph Vaughan Williams, born in Gloucestershire on 12 October 1872, read History at Cambridge and went to the Royal College of Music where his teachers were Parry, Wood, and Stanford. Vaughan Williams believed in the value of music education and wrote practical competition pieces, serviceable church music, and with the 49th Parallel (1940-41) he found a new outlet in writing for film. His profoundly disturbing Symphony No.6 (1948) received international acclaim with more than a hundred performances in a little over two years. His great sensitivity to the 20th-century human condition, his flexibility in writing for all levels of music making, and his unquestionably great imagination combine to make him one of the key figures in 20th century music. Ralph Vaughan Williams had a long association with Oxford University Press; over 200 publications are available in the Oxford catalogue.
Scene I
Introduction
Saraband of the Sons of God
Scene II
Satan's Dance of Triumph
Scene III
Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives
Scene IV
Job's Dream
Scene V
Dance of the Three Messengers
Scene VI
Dance of Job's Comforters
Scene VII
Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty
Pavane of the Sons of the Morning
Scene VIII
Galliard of the Sons of the Morning
Altar Dance
Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.9.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 247 mm |
| Gewicht | 354 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-13 | 9780193514324 / 9780193514324 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
