Vaughan Williams, Ralph - Job
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph - Job

Catalogue No: 9780193514324
ArrangementFull orchestra
Product FormatSheet Music
Edition TypeStudy Score
ComposerRalph Vaughan Williams
£25.75
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Pages142
Publication Date17 July 2018
ISBN9780193514324 (0193514321)

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,

Contents

  1. Scene I
  2. Introduction
  3. Saraband of the Sons of God
  4. Scene II
  5. Satan's Dance of Triumph
  6. Scene III
  7. Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives
  8. Scene IV
  9. Job's Dream
  10. Scene V
  11. Dance of the Three Messengers
  12. Scene VI
  13. Dance of Job's Comforters
  14. Scene VII
  15. Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty
  16. Pavane of the Sons of the Morning
  17. Scene VIII
  18. Galliard of the Sons of the Morning
  19. Altar Dance
  20. Epilogue
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