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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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Flutes Alto Flute Oboes Cor Anglais 1 2 1 2 Clarinets 1 (Bb) 2 Bass Clarinet (Bb) Largo sostenuto q = 48 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 Solo 3 pp molto sost. To Adrian Boult Job Scene I Introduction p sost. R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 3 Bassoons 1 2 4 Contrabassoon 4 pp sost. Horns (F) Trumpets (Bb) Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 for online perusal only mutes on mutes on 1 mute on Solo Harp 1 4 p molto sost. Violin I Violin II Viola Largo sostenuto q = 48 4 4 4 4 p sost. 3 p sost. p sost. 3 3 Violoncello 4 4 p sost. p sost. Contrabass* div. 4 p sost. pp molto sost. * Divide in the proportion of 1 player on upper part to 3 on lower part © Oxford University Press 1934. New edition © Oxford University Press 2018. Printed in Great Britain OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

2 Fl. A.Fl. 1 2 5 ’ p molto sost. p BLANKED OUT SECTION Curtain rises. Scene (back cloth) as in Blake Illustration I. Job with his wife and a few servants sitting. Shepherds and husbandsmen cross the stage, and salute him. ppp 3 3 Ob. 1 2 ppp C.A. Solo p 3 3 3 Cl. (Bb) 1 2 1 Solo 3 3 3 p Bsn. Hrn. (F) 1 2 1 2 3 4 ppp 1 con sord. pp Tpt. (Bb) Tbn. 1 2 3 1 2 3 Tba. Timp. 3 Hp. 1 ppp pp Vln. I ’ 3 for online perusal only ppp Vln. II ’ 3 ppp ppp Vla. ppp ppp Vcl. ppp Cb. ppp ppp pizz. ppp