The Folksong Element in the Music of Vaughan Williams
Author : Elsie Margaret PAYNE
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Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Folk songs
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Author : Elsie Margaret PAYNE
Publisher :
Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Folk songs
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Author : John Cody Birdwell
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Folk music
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Author : Michael Emerson Jefferson
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 39,16 MB
Release : 2004
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Author : Ryan Ross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 1317646169
Critical annotations and supportive text will direct scholars to the most relevant studies in their discipline Multiple indices make it easy to locate items within the guide
Author : Donna Louise Lester
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : William L. Maxson
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 1957
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Author : Emily Anne Kupitz
Publisher :
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Concertos (Oboe with string orchestra)
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The Concerto for Oboe and String by Ralph Vaughan Williams is often described as a pastoral work without any consideration for what makes that an accurate description. This paper outlines the connections to English folk song that create what are considered the pastoral qualities in the work. Vaughan Williams' relationship with English folk song, as collector and arranger, is well-documented, as is his advocacy for their use in compositions. By the time he wrote the Oboe Concerto at the end of his career, folk song elements had completely infused his compositional style. The Oboe Concerto shares many stylistic traits with English folk song. These stylistic elements: mode, melodic structure, form, and rhythm and meter are first analyzed in terms of English folk song, then how these features are utilized in the Oboe Concerto. Another connection to English folk song is in the manner of accompanying the Concerto. Vaughan Williams had firm opinions on how to accompany folk songs and wrote many sample accompaniments, which bear a marked resemblance to the accompaniment for the Oboe Concerto. The same is true for the accompaniment he wrote for a specifically folk song-inspired work, the Six Studies in English Folk Song for Violoncello and Pianoforte. Specific examples from both works are compared to the Concerto accompaniment. Finally, several motives and melodic figures found in folk songs included in the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, which was edited by Vaughan Williams, are also found in the Oboe Concerto. An understanding of the use of English folk song elements and specific quotes in the Oboe Concerto, as well as the folk song-style treatment in accompaniment provide concrete evidence of the pastoral quality prevalent in many works of Vaughan Williams. Not only can this support a well-informed and more rewarding performance of the Oboe Concerto, but the same analysis can be applied to many of his other works as well, in addition to the works of a generation of English composers whose style he influenced.
Author : Alain Frogley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 1996-12-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521480314
A collection of essays on Vaughan Williams explores his musical language, cultural context and biography.
Author : Ralph Vaughan Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Music
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Contains Cantata for women's chorus with orchestra, or strings and piano.
Author : Cecil James Sharp
Publisher : London : Simpkin
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 33,2 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Ballad, English
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