The Lark Ascending :Romance for violin and orchestra

4.75 ( 4 Ratings by Goodreads)
The Lark Ascending

The Lark Ascending :Romance for violin and orchestra

4.75 (4 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 13 March, 2008
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for solo violin and orchestra or piano This serene romance is one of Vaughan Williams's most enduring popular works. Taking its title from a poem by George Meredith, the music perfectly evokes the lark's 'chirrup, whistle, slur, and shake'. This beautifully presented edition of the violin and piano score includes a preface by Michael Kennedy.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780193360099
ISBN10 0193360098
Number Of Pages 32
Item Weight 138 g
Product Dimensions 232 x 310 x 3 mm
Publisher / Reseller Oxford University Press
Format other
Edition Violin and piano
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Within it is nostalgia for the English countryside and for the fast disappearing habitat of this symbolic summer bird. OUP's spacious printing evokes its soaring flight. The beautiful cover features Samuel Palmer's painting, The Prospect which is in the Ashmolean Museum round the corner from OUP. Keep this inspirational cover on your music stand! Mary Nemet, Stringendo, April 2010

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Author's Bio

Ralph Vaughan Williams, born in Gloucestershire on 12 October 1872, read History at Cambridge and went to the Royal College of Music where his teachers were Parry, Wood, and Stanford. Vaughan Williams believed in the value of music education and wrote practical competition pieces, serviceable church music, and with the 49th Parallel (1940-41) he found a new outlet in writing for film. His profoundly disturbing Symphony No.6 (1948) received international acclaim with more than a hundred performances in a little over two years. His great sensitivity to the 20th-century human condition, his flexibility in writing for all levels of music making, and his unquestionably great imagination combine to make him one of the key figures in 20th century music. Ralph Vaughan Williams had a long association with Oxford University Press; over 200 publications are available in the Oxford catalogue.

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