Violin and Piano
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AP.36-60710008
For
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Ralph Vaughan
Williams/ Inspired by a
poem of George Meredith.
Violin. Master String
Series. Book.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-60710008. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-60710008).
ISBN
9798888522028. UPC:
676737624248.
English.
Ralph
Vaughan Williams, ever
fond of poetry, found
creative impetus for his
beautiful romance The
Lark Ascending, IRV 39,
in an 1881 poem by George
Meredith. Marie Pauline
Hall, to whom the work
was dedicated, gave the
first performance of the
original violin and piano
version, here presented
in a Masters reprint
edition, at Shirehampton
Public Hall on December
15, 1920, beside pianist
Geoffrey Mendham. After
World War I, the composer
expanded the work for
soloist and full
orchestra. This has
become the version most
familiar to listeners.
The violin, lifting its
silvery tones above the
stage, captures the
soaring nature of
Meredith's couplet: Till
lost on his aerial
rings/In light, and then
the fancy sings. Reprint
edition.
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