In Windsor Forest

Notenblätter

56 Seiten

1931 | Vocal score
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-339121-5 (ISBN)

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A cantata for SATB chorus and full orchestra OR strings and piano, adapted by the composer from his opera Sir John in Love. Includes settings of words by Shakespeare (from 'Much Ado About Nothing') and his near contemporaries: John Still, Thomas Ravenscroft, John Lyly, Ben Jonson, Thomas Campion, Philip Rosseter.

This cantata was adapted by the composer from music from his opera Sir John in Love. Comprising five choral songs, it features texts by Shakespeare (from 'Much Ado About Nothing') and his near contemporaries Thomas Ravenscroft, John Lyly, and Thomas Campion. The first song is a gleeful denunciation of men and their devious ways, scored for women's voices, while the second is a rollicking drinking song for men's voices. The third maintains this energy, with sparkling orchestration to evoke the 'fairies' of its title, before the 'Wedding Chorus' changes the mood to one of blissful tranquillity. The Epilogue is celebratory and grand, bringing the cantata to a powerful close. All of the songs except the third are available individually.

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.

The Conspiracy: Sigh no more, ladies (women's voices) ; Drinking Song: Back and side go bare (men's voices) ; Falstaff and the Fairies: Round about in a fair ring-a (soprano solo, SATB) ; Wedding Chorus: See the Chariot at hand (SATB) ; Epilogue: Whether men do laugh or weep (SATB)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.1969
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	217 x 280 mm
Gewicht	189 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
ISBN-10	0-19-339121-X / 019339121X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-339121-5 / 9780193391215
Zustand	Neuware