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R. Vaughan Williams - Job: A Masque for Dancing

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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.

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106/75–7 Cl.: no tenutos in aut 106/77 C.A., Bsn.: no tenutos in aut 106/80 Fl.: no tenutos in aut 106–7/80–2 Vln. I: no tenutos in aut 110/114–15 Ob. 1: the slur ends on b. 114, n. 1, not b. 115, n. 1; aut reading preferred 111/123–4 Bsn: no slur in aut 112/128–30 Picc., Fl. Ob.: one long slur in ps 114/139 Hrn. 4: n. 3 is D4 rather than C4 in ps Scene IX 120/18 Vcl.: the b is missing on the last note in aut 121/24–5 Ob.: nn. 5–6, slur is missing in aut for online perusal only xi

Appendix 1 Structural alterations in the autograph. Scene I Between bars 133 and 134 eight bars were removed that are identical to bars 149–56. The following two bars originally appeared between bars 147 and 148: ° Vln. I & bb c œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ Vln. II & bb c œ j nœ œ j œ œ J œ j œ œ nœ œ œ œ Vla. Vcl. Cb. Bb b c [div.] n˙ œ bœ j ? b bcn˙ ? c ¢ b b ˙ unis. œ œ j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ for online perusal only Scene VI Between bars 10 and 15 there were originally ten bars. The fifth bar of the following corresponds to bar 11 of the final version; the following three bars correspond to bars 12–14. Cues in the autograph for flute and clarinet, substituting for saxophone, are omitted here. B.Cl. A.Sax. Bsn. Vln. I Vla. Vcl. Between ° & # bars 10 and 11 # Œ bœ - Œ bœ Œ bœ - Œ œ - - Œ bœ - Œ œ - Œ œ Œ - œ Œ Œ - œ- œ - & # # # bœ nœ nœbœ œ# œ nœ nœ # œ bœ œ 3 J œ œ J bœ œ nœ œ nœ œ bœ nœ bœ J J œ œ J bœ bœ nœ œbœ œ J œ nœ J 3 3 Œ # œ - Œ ¢ œ - Œ # œ - Œ nbœ - Œ # œ - Œ nbœ - Œ bbœ Œ œ Œ - - œ Œ œ # - - ° [pizz.] & Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ ∑ Œ Œ #œ œ #œ nœ #œ nœ œ œ B [pizz.] Œ œ Œ œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ œ bœ œ bœ œ Œ Œ Œ nœ #œ œ ? [pizz.] Œ # œ Œ œ Œ ¢ # œ Œ nœ Œ # œ Œ nœ Œ bbœ Œ œ Œ Œ œ #œ B ? B xii