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The Choral-Orchestral Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Autographs, Context, Discourse combines contextual knowledge, a musical commentary, an inventory of the holograph manuscripts, and a critical assessment of the opus to create substantial and meticulous examinations of Ralph Vaughan Williams'' choral-orchestral works.
List of contents
Chapter One: Vexilla Regis
Chapter Two: Mass
Chapter Three: A Sea Symphony
Chapter Four: Sancta Civitas
Chapter Five: Benedicite
Chapter Six: Magnificat
Chapter Seven: Five Tudor Portraits
Chapter Eight: Dona Nobis Pacem
Chapter Nine: Thanksgiving for Victory/A Song of Thanksgiving
Chapter Ten: Fantasia (Quasi Variazione) on the 'Old 104th' Psalm Tune
Chapter Eleven: The Sons of Light
Chapter Twelve: Hodie (This Day)
Chapter Thirteen: The Bridal Day/Epithalamion
Chapter Thirteen Appendix: The Bridal Day and Epithalamion as Set by Ralph Vaughan Williams
About the author
Stephen Town is professor of music and distinguished faculty awardee at Northwest Missouri State University.
Summary
The Choral-Orchestral Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Autographs, Context, Discourse combines contextual knowledge, a musical commentary, an inventory of the holograph manuscripts, and a critical assessment of the opus to create substantial and meticulous examinations of Ralph Vaughan Williams’’ choral-orchestral works.
