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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 V Dance of the
Scene V Dance of the Three Messengers 69 Flutes Oboes Cor Anglais Clarinets (Bb) 1 2 1 2 1 2 Job awakes from his sleep and perceives three messengers, who arrive one after the other, telling him that all his wealth is destroyed (see Blake IV). Lento q = 50 Ob. 2 4 4 4 4 senza misura—not too fast 1 Solo p p p p 3 3 3 3 3 3 p Bass Clarinet (Bb) Bassoons Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass 1 2 4 4 Lento q = 50 4 4 4 4 4 Solo p 1 B.Cl. p Fl. 1 2 4 3 pp ppp Ob. 1 2 3 pp ppp C.A. Cl. (Bb) 1 2 for online perusal only 3 3 3 3 3 pp ppp B.Cl. Bsn. 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 a 2 Soli mp cantabile Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vcl. con sord. p Cb.
70 * 31 A sad procession passes across the back of the stage, culminating in the funeral cortège of Job’s sons and their wives. Andante con moto (q = 64) Fl. 1 2 3 8 2 4 2 4 4 4 p p Ob. 1 2 2 4 4 C.A. Cl. (Bb) Bsn. Timp. Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vcl. 1 2 1 2 1 Solo 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 p pp 31 Andante con moto (q = 64) 4 4 4 4 Fl. 3 3 pp naturale p mutes on Cb. 2 4 pizz. 4 pp Fl. 1 2 15 3 3 pp 3 Cl. (Bb) Bsn. 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 pp pp Hrn. (F) 1 2 3 4 pp senza sord. for online perusal only pp senza sord. 3 mp cantabile pp Timp. con sord. Vln. I Vln. II pp cantabile 3 3 3 ppp Vla. 3 3 3 Vcl. Cb. con sord. pp cantabile ppp 3 3 3 ppp * If required by the stage a cut may be made from 34 to 37.
