Job
A Masque for Dancing
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Full orchestra - Moderately Difficult
SKU: OU.9780193514324
A Masque for Dancing. Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Orchestral parts for sale. Study score. 142 pages. Duration 45'. Oxford University Press #9780193514324. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193514324).ISBN 9780193514324. 10 x 7 inches.
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
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3 fl (III+picc&afl, III opt - II must then double picc), 2 ob (II opt), ca, 3 cl (III opt, doubled by bcl), bcl, asx (opt), 2 bn, cbn (opt), 4 hn, 3 tpt (III opt), 3 tbn, tba, 2 hp (II hp), org, timp, perc, str Percussion: SD, tri, BD, cym, xylo, glock, tam.