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A Sea Symphony; Symphony No. 4 (Vaughan Williams) Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams) Symphony No. 6 (Vaughan Williams) Sinfonia antartica; Symphony No. 8 (Vaughan Williams) Symphony No. 9 (Vaughan Williams)
Harnham Down, impression for orchestra (1904–07) [5] Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910, rev. 1913 and 1919) Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (1934) [6] (for string orchestra and harp; arranged by Ralph Greaves from Vaughan Williams's treatment of folk tunes in his opera Sir John in Love) Two Hymn Tune Preludes (1936) for small orchestra: 1.
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (/ ˌ r eɪ f v ɔː n ˈ w ɪ l j ə m z / ⓘ RAYF vawn WIL-yəmz; [1] [n 1] 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years.
Vaughan Williams dedicated the symphony to Jean Sibelius.The musicologist J. P. E. Harper-Scott has called Sibelius "the influence of choice" among British symphonists in the years between the two World Wars, citing Walton's First Symphony, all seven of Bax's and the first five of Havergal Brian. [7]
At approximately 70 minutes, A Sea Symphony is the longest of all Vaughan Williams's symphonies. Although it represents a departure from the traditional Germanic symphonic tradition of the time, it follows a fairly standard symphonic outline: fast introductory movement, slow movement, scherzo, and finale.
The symphonies of Johann Stamitz : a study in the formation of the classic style with a thematic catalogue of the symphonies and orchestral trios. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. ISBN 978-90-313-0346-5. W Gradenwitz, Peter (1984). Johann Stamitz : Leben, Umwelt, Werke. T. 2, Die Werke. Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft. Vol. 94.
Hungarian Symphony: Ralph Vaughan Williams: 1: A Sea Symphony: 2: A London Symphony: 3: Pastoral Symphony: 7: Sinfonia antartica: Ernest Vanjura: C major: Ukrainian Symphony ~1790: The Piano form of the symphony was published, in fact being the only symphony part of Vanjura's Trois Sinfonies Nationales to be published during the composer's ...
The symphony was composed from 1912 to 1913. It is dedicated to Vaughan Williams's friend and fellow composer George Butterworth (1885–1916) who was subsequently killed by a sniper on the Somme during World War I. [7] It was Butterworth who had first encouraged Vaughan Williams to write a purely orchestral symphony. [8] Vaughan Williams ...
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