Ralph Vaughan Williams :: Five Tudor Portraits


 

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Vaughan Williams, Ralph
1872-1958
(b Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, 12 Oct 1872; d London, 26 Aug 1958). English
Five Tudor Portraits <1935>
contralto (or Ms), baritone solos mixed chorus
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The following instruments are cued in, but should not be omitted if available (listed in order of importance): Tuba, ob2, fl2, hn 3 & 4, cbn, perc2.
Fl3, ob2, cbn, hn 3 & 4, tp, tbn & tuba tacet in mvt 2.
The harp part should be played on piano rather than be omitted.
Each mvt may be performed separately.

Source of text: John Skelton (freely edited by Vaughan Williams). Language: English
1. Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming [chor & Ms]
2. Intermezzo: Pretty Bess [chor & bar]
3. Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss [male
chor]
4. Romanza: Jane Scroop [female chor & Ms]
5. Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin [chor & Bar]