Benedicite by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Benedicite by Ralph Vaughan Williams

for soprano solo, SATB chorus, and orchestra Published in 1929, Benedicite is a substantial setting of texts from the 'Song of the Three Holy Children' (part of the Apocrypha) and John Austin's hymn text 'Hark, my soul, how everything'. Forceful and dynamic passages with thick choral-orchestral textures are juxtaposed against more solemn passages, often with a gentle soprano solo floating over the choral texture. Scores and parts for both the full orchestra accompaniment and strings and piano accompaniment are available on hire.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780193851597
ISBN 10	0193851598
Title	Benedicite
Author	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2006-08-17
Number of pages	52
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