Two Chorals from 'Hodie'

ISBN 10 : 019385385X ISBN 13 : 9780193853850

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

for SATB unaccompanied
These two chorals are taken from Vaughan Williams's 1954 Christmas Cantata Hodie (This Day) - his last major composition for choir and orchestra. 'The blessed son of God' is the fifth movement of the original work, and is a hushed, tender setting of Miles Coverdale's translation of a hymn by Martin Luther. The second choral, 'No sad thought this soul affright', is the penultimate movement of the work, and introduces moments of mystical discordance to the gentle tone set in the first choral.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019385385X
• ISBN 13: 9780193853850
• Reliure: Partition
• Nombre de pages: 8
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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