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Vaughan Williams c. 1920. 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 yea
Five Tudor Portraits (1935), by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is a work scored for contralto (or mezzo-soprano), baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra.It sets several poems, or extracts from poems, by the 15th/16th-century poet John Skelton, portraying five characters with a mixture of satire, compassion, acerbity and earthy humour.
Ralph Vaughan Williams provided the music, his first film score. The music was directed by Muir Mathieson and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Although the film's budget was intended to be £68,000, costs ran to £132,000, of which the government provided less than £60,000. [13] [1]
The Vaughan Williams' drew inspiration from Menelaus' description to Telemachus of the things Odysseus must do to return home. This is evident in the text of the song in which the phrase "you will come home" returns both as a lyrical and musical refrain.
In 1949, Vaughan Williams composed music for a short documentary film directed by Humphrey Jennings titled Dim Little Island. [14] With the assistance of Doreen Carwithen, Vaughan Williams adapted extensive portions of the Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, with additional scoring for clarinet and voice, for the documentary's score. [14]
This work, as well as the English Folk Song Suite, stemmed from Vaughan Williams' admiration for the band of the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall. [3] The work was re-arranged for full orchestra in 1942 by the composer. [4] The term "sea songs" may also be used to refer to any songs about or concerned with ships and seafarers.
Songs of Travel is a song cycle of nine songs originally written for baritone voice composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with poems drawn from the Robert Louis Stevenson collection Songs of Travel and Other Verses. A complete performance of the entire cycle lasts between 20 and 24 minutes. They were originally written for voice and piano.
Vaughan Williams later arranged parts of the music into an orchestral suite (about 26 minutes), in five parts: Overture; Entr'acte; March Past of the Kitchen Utensils; Entr'acte; Ballet and Final Tableau. The Overture is quite concise (about 10 minutes) and is a popular independent concert piece today. The main theme is pentatonic.