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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.
Scene IV
Scene IV Job’s Dream 55 Violin I Lento moderato (q = 54) 4 Violin II 4 Viola 4 arco Violoncello Contrabass 4 4 arco ppp arco ppp pp pp pp Vln. I 7 Vln. II Vla. pp 3 pp Vcl. pp Cb. pp 13 25 for online perusal only The black curtain rises. Stage gradually lights up. Job discovered lying asleep as in Blake VI. Vln. I pp Vln. II Vla. Vcl. Cb. pp non div. mf espressivo pp pp Vln. I 19 * ppp Vln. II ppp Vla. ppp Vcl. Cb. * In the Blake illustrations, Scene V (Dance of the Three Messengers) follows here. Producers who wish to follow Blake’s order exactly can do so by making a pause (U) at the double bar here and going straight on to Scene V. ppp ppp
56 Picc. 26 Job moves uneasily in his sleep. Allegro (q = 180) Fl. Ob. 1 2 1 2 a 2 p p p f p p f p C.A. Cl. (Bb) B.Cl. 1 2 pp p p p f p p f p a 2 p p p f p p f p A.Sax. Bsn. 1 2 p p f p p f pp Cbsn. Cbsn. pp Hrn. (F) Tpt. (Bb) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 mutes on for online perusal only p con sord. p Tbn. Tba. 1 2 3 pp pp pp Timp. Perc. Tam-tam pp Hp. 1, 2 Allegro (q = 180) Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vcl. Cb. div. pp pizz. pp pizz. pp unis. unis. p p p f p p f p p f p p f p
