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The one-act ballet Job has been described as one of Vaughan Williams's mightiest achievements. It is a work which, in a full production, combines painting, literature, music, and dance. The work was inspired by William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, and includes quotations from the King James Bible. The result is a musical masterpiece, combining the ancient and the modern: Vaughan Williams's earlier style is in evidence, including tranquil pastoral melodies, but the work also anticipates the composer's later style. This new, scholarly edition, edited by Julian Rushton, will replace the existing OUP edition from 1934, and includes detailed preliminary matter, comprising a preface, sources and editorial method, and detailed textual notes.
Picc. 46 36 Andante
Picc. 46 36 Andante maestoso (h = 64) 2 ff Job stands and curses God, ‘Let the day perish wherein I was born’ (see Blake VIII). 3 take Fl. 3 83 Fl. Ob. C.A. Cl. (Bb) B.Cl. Bsn. Cbsn. Hrn. (F) Tpt. (Bb) Tbn. Tba. Timp. Perc. Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vcl. Cb. 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 36 Andante maestoso (h = 64) 2 2 2 2 2 ff 3 3 ff ff ff ff ff ff a 2 ff ff a 2 ff ff 3 ff ff ff ff Cym. B.D. ff ff ff 3 ff non div., arco ff non div., arco ff Tutti, arco ff 3 for online perusal only 3 3 3 3 3 3 a 2 a 2 ff ff mp mp 3 3 3 3 3 dim. dim. dim. dim. 3 3 3 3 3 non div. 3 3 non div. 3 3 3 ff ff mf mf 3 mf mp non div. non div. 3 3 3 3 3 3 mf mf p p 3 3
84 Fl. 1 2 53 (a 2) p Heaven gradually becomes visible, showing mysterious veiled sinister figures, moving in a sort of parody of the Sons of God in Scene I. * f p 3 Ob. 1 2 (a 2) 3 f p 3 mf p f p p C.A. Cl. (Bb) B.Cl. Bsn. Cbsn. 1 2 1 2 3 mf p f p p fp a 2 mf p f p p fp 3 3 3 mf p p p p 3 3 3 3 3 p p mp 3 Hrn. (F) Tpt. (Bb) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 p a 2 p pp p 3 fp a 2 p pp p fp (1) 1, 2 a 2 p pp p p a 2 a 2 Tbn. p pp for online perusal only p fp f 3 p fp f Tba. 3 p p f Timp. Perc. B.D. pp p pp pp Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vcl. Cb. 3 3 3 3 3 mf p p p cresc. 3 3 3 3 3 3 mf p p p cresc. 3 3 3 3 3 3 mf p p p cresc. 3 3 3 3 3 3 mf p p p cresc. 3 3 3 3 3 mf p p p cresc. * If required by the Stage, a cut of 9 bars (bb. 55–63) may be made here. 3 3 3 3 3
