Vaughan Williams Flashcards
It’s not lambskins frisking at all
Pastoral symphony no. 3 1921
War - french countryside not pastoral English countryside
Who wants the English composer
1912
Unwanted by British public
Need to create “musical citizenship”
Pastoral
1901-1904 Songs of travel
1903-1904 Silent Noon
1908 Bushes and briars (folksong)
1910 Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (3 choirs festival, false relationships + other references to English Renaissance, folk-like rhythms)
1914 The Lark Ascending (Heffer-“pastoral romance for orchestra”)
1923 English Folk Song Suite
1934 Fantasia on Greensleeves
Conflict. Non pastoral
1911-1913 A London Symphony (city life, H G Wells “England and Kingdom”)
1921 Pastoral Symphony No.3 (french countryside war, few folksongs)
Symphonies 4-6 (dark themes)
National music
1932
Broaden 1912 view
Open music to larger groupings - common ideals and history (Europe)
