Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony
Title | Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony PDF eBook |
Author | Alain Frogley |
Publisher | Studies in Musical Genesis, St |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780198162841 |
Ever since its premiere just before the composer's death, Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony has divided critical opinion and remained something of an enigma. Yet the composer thought highly of the work, and went against his usual practice by preserving all the sketches. This study, the firstof its kind on a work of Vaughan Williams, analyses the symphony and traces its genesis through hundreds of pages of sketches and drafts; it also offers a general introduction to the composer's working methods. The manuscripts show how the composer worked meticulously to create the complexexpressive ambivalence of the finished work, transforming in the process simpler conceptions redolent of his earlier music. Most crucially, however, the sketches reveal an underlying programme, centred on the theme of innocent sacrifice and drawing on Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Stonehenge,and Salisbury Cathedral. Vaughan Williams's new musical path in the symphony, it emerges, was closely allied to the continuing evolution of his visionary agnosticism.
The Genesis of Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony
Title | The Genesis of Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony PDF eBook |
Author | Alain Frogley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 1991 |
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Vaughan Williams Symphonies
Title | Vaughan Williams Symphonies PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Ottaway |
Publisher | London : British Broadcasting Corporations |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Symphonies |
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The Symphonies Of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Title | The Symphonies Of Ralph Vaughan Williams PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott Schwartz |
Publisher | Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1982-01-21 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
The Symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Title | The Symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams PDF eBook |
Author | Elliott Schwartz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 684 |
Release | 1962 |
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Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5
Title | Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1995 |
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Working with Vaughan Williams
Title | Working with Vaughan Williams PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Publisher | London : The British Library |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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