Silence and Music

Ralph Vaughan Williams (composer)

Vocal score edition

Printed Music (28 May 1953)

Not available for sale

Publisher's Synopsis

for SATB unaccompanied Vaughan Williams composed this setting of a poem by his wife Ursula in 1953 to form part of A Garland for the Queen, a collection of ten tributes to the newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II by leading British composers and poets. It is dedicated 'to the memory of Charles Villiers Stanford, and his Blue Bird', and reflects Stanford's masterpiece in its harmonic language, floating soprano part, unaccompanied scoring, and haunting atmosphere.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780193870888
Publisher:	OUP OXFORD
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	28 May 1953
Edition:	Vocal score edition
Language:	English
Number of pages:	8
Weight:	17g
Height:	268mm
Width:	175mm
Spine width:	1mm