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R. Vaughan Williams - Job: A Masque for Dancing

  • Text
  • Orchestra
  • Ballet
  • Rushton
  • Job
  • Williams
  • Oxford
  • Oup
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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3 Here the distant landscape lights up suggesting the far-off sound of flocks and herds. Fl. A.Fl. 1 2 10 pp pp 3 3 3 3 a 2 3 1 p 3 3 p 3 3 3 Ob. 1 2 2 Solo 3 3 p p 3 3 3 3 3 p 3 3 3 3 C.A. Alto Flute p 3 3 Alto Flute 3 3 p Cl. (Bb) 1 2 a 2 3 3 3 p p 3 3 3 3 p 3 3 B.Cl. pp Bsn. 1 2 pp pp Hrn. (F) 1 2 3 4 con sord. pp for online perusal only 3 3 con sord. mutes off senza sord. 1 con sord. mutes off pp 3 senza sord. mp cantabile p Tpt. (Bb) 1 2 3 3 pp molto sost. 3 3 Hp. 1 p 3 3 3 3 Hp. 2 p 3 3 3 3 Vln. I Vln. II ppp ppp ppp Vla. ppp mp cantabile ppp mp cantabile Vcl. ppp ppp mp cantabile Cb. ppp ppp mp cantabile unis. arco ppp ppp

4 Fl. 1 2 14 p 3 3 3 3 1 Here Job’s children enter and group themselves round him. 3 f 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 a 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 A.Fl. p 3 3 3 3 3 f 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Ob. 1 2 p 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 f 3 3 3 3 a 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 C.A. Cl. (Bb) 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 f 3 3 3 3 p 3 3 3 3 a 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 p 3 3 3 3 3 3 f p 3 B.Cl. p 3 3 3 3 3 3 f 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 p Bsn. 1 2 p Hrn. (F) 1 2 3 4 for online perusal only mp cantabile p p p cantabile pp 3 p Tpt. (Bb) 1 2 3 1 senza sord. pp Timp. p Hp. 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Hp. 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 Vln. I mp cantabile 3 3 Vln. II 3 3 mp cantabile Vla. div. unis. Vcl. div. unis. Cb.