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Job a masque for dancing for online perusal only
orchestration 3 Flutes (third doubling Alto Flute and Piccolo) 2 Oboes Cor Anglais 2 Clarinets (and third ad lib., doubling Bass Clarinet) Bass Clarinet Alto Saxophone (May be doubled by Bass Clarinet, the Bass Clarinet notes being cued to the second Clarinet. When the Saxophone is doubled by the Bass Clarinet, the part should be omitted until Scene VI.) 2 Bassoons Contrabassoon 4 Horns 3 Trumpets 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion (3 players: Triangle, Cymbals, Side Drum, Bass Drum, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tam-tam) 2 Harps Organ Strings for online perusal only The following instruments are ad lib., and where necessary are cued into another part 3rd Flute (second Flute must then double Piccolo) Alto Flute 2nd Oboe 3rd Clarinet Bass Clarinet Alto Saxophone Contrabassoon 3rd Trumpet 2nd Harp Organ Most of the percussion Duration: c.45 minutes Job was first performed as a programmatic concert work on 23 October 1930 in St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, with the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, conducted by the composer. The first staged performance was given on 5 July 1931 in the Cambridge Theatre, London, under the auspices of the Camargo Society, in a reduced orchestration, conducted by Constant Lambert.
Picc. Fl. Ob. C.A. Cl. (A) B.Cl. Bs
51 65 Picc. pp fff Fl. 1 2 pp a 2 f
53 Picc. 83 dim. 2 pp take Fl. 3 2
Scene IV Job’s Dream 55 Violin I
Picc. 33 26 57 Enter Satan. Tableau
59 45 27 Enter Famine. Picc. p pp F
61 58 28 Enter Battle, etc. Picc. 3
63 Picc. 68 ff Fl. Ob. 1 2 1 2 ff f
65 77 29 Picc. Fl. Ob. 1 2 1 2 a 2
67 84 30 The vision gradually disap
Scene V Dance of the Three Messenge
71 Fl. 1 2 20 p 3 3 3 p 3 3 Ob. 1 2
73 Ob. 1 2 36 Lento C.A. Cl. (Bb) 1
Scene VI Dance of Job’s Comforter
77 Picc. 18 34 Poco più mosso f p
79 26 Picc. Fl. Ob. 1 2 1 2 a 2 f f
34 Here the comforters return to th
Picc. 46 36 Andante maestoso (h = 6
85 Fl. Ob. C.A. 1 2 3 1 2 60 a 2 [a
87 74 Picc. ff 3 Fl. 1 2 p p ff 3 p
89 1 85 3 The vision gradually disa
91 19 38 * Hp. 1 pp 6 6 38 Vln. I 3
93 Cl. (A) 1 2 50 2 Rit. in tempo I
95 Fl. 1 2 68 pp 40 3 pp C.A. pp Cl
97 Fl. Ob. 1 2 3 1 2 80 cresc. f 3
Piccolo Flutes Oboes Cor Anglais Cl
101 Fl. Ob. C.A. Cl. (Bb) B.Cl. 1 2
103 Fl. Ob. 1 2 3 1 2 39 C.A. Cl. (
105 60 45 Picc. ff p f p Fl. Ob. C.
81 rit. Here Satan falls out of Hea
109 Picc. 97 Altar Dance Curtain ri
111 Fl. 1 2 3 117 4 4 take Picc. 2
113 Picc. 132 pp Fl. Ob. C.A. 1 2 1
115 Picc. 142 pp 50 4 pp cresc. 3 3
Scene IX Epilogue 117 Flutes Alto F
119 Fl. 1 2 12 3 Enter gradually Jo
121 Fl. 1 2 22 BLANKED OUT SECTION
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