Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis: Study score

ISBN-13: 9781608740475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 38 str.

Ralph Vaughan Williams; Richard W. Sargeant

Opis

Vaughan Williams masterpiece for string orchestra was given its premiere on September 6th, 1910 at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral with the London Symphony Orchestra under the composers direction. It was an immediate success, but the composer revised the piece twice (1913 and 1919) before its first publication in 1921. The Phrygian-mode Tallis melody upon which the work is based originally appeared in Archbishop Parkers Psalter of 1567 with the text "Why fumth in fight the Gentiles spite." This newly engraved and edited score, based upon the 1921 Curwen score, has a vastly improved layout designed for ease of study and performance.