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The Five Mystical Songs are a musical composition by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), written between 1906 and 1911. [1] The work sets four poems ("Easter" divided into two parts) by seventeenth-century Welsh poet and Anglican priest George Herbert (1593–1633), from his 1633 collection The Temple: Sacred Poems.
Five Mystical Songs for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, settings of George Herbert (1911) Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1912); arranged also for reduced orchestra of organ, strings, percussion) Five English Folk Songs freely arranged for Unaccompanied Chorus (1913) 1. The Dark Eyed Sailor; 2. The Spring Time ...
The Roman numerals in this list of the songs are taken from A Shropshire Lad: [5] [6] XXXI "On Wenlock Edge" XXXII "From Far, from Eve and Morning" XXVII "Is My Team Ploughing" XVIII "Oh, When I Was in Love with You" XXI "Bredon Hill" (first line: "In summertime on Bredon") L "Clun" (Housman's title, and the first line: "Clunton and Clunbury")
Vaughan Williams in 1955. The Symphony No. 9 in E minor was the last symphony written by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.He composed it during 1956 and 1957, and it was given its premiere performance in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on 2 April 1958, in the composer's eighty-sixth year.
Vaughan Williams chose verses 1,2,5–8 (in the King James Version numbering) from Psalm 47, [2] a psalm calling to exalt God as the King of "all the earth" with hands, voices and instruments. [2] The Hebrew original mentions the shofar, which is given as trumpet in English. [7] He set the text in one movement in B-flat major, marked Allegro.
It is a setting of Psalm 34. [2] It was also sung at Elizabeth II's funeral. [3] References External links. O taste and see: Scores at the International Music ...
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It was premiered in London on 23 August 1906 conducted by Henry Wood, and was later substantially revised for a performance in Bournemouth in May 1914. [2] It begins with an introduction based on two songs, "The Captain's Apprentice" and "The Bold Young Sailor", followed by the main allegro movement, employing three songs; "A Basket of Eggs ...