This exciting work by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams for military band brass band and wind ensemble. Vaughan Williams' unique relationship with fellow composer Gustav Holst is examined as well as his relationships with personnel at the Royal Military School of Music the BBC and the Salvation Army. There's much more in this hard-to-put-down volume for conductors performers students and aficionados!'...the contributions of Jon Mitchell have become a cornerstone of serious scholarship in our field. ...a welcome insight into the life and works of Vaughan Williams.Contained within are valuable insights into the world of Vaughan Williams that for the majority of us will be an undiscovered country.' Craig Kirchhoff Professor of Music/Director of Bands University of Minnesota

Vaughan Williams created this setting of Burnsâ?? later version of Caâ?? The Yowes with its original tune in 1922. This is a particularly atmospheric setting profiling lyrical solo male voices againstvery rich harmonies and varying this between the verses of the song. The Scottish folk song is arranged for Tenor solo and chorus of mixed voices with Piano accompaniment.Ralph Vaughan Williams was an Englishcomposer of symphonies chamber music opera choral music and film scores; as well as a collector of English folk music and song. He was one of the leading figures of the 20th century revival of English music and believed thatrestoring English music could only happen by studying and employing native resources rather than looking at foreign models. Today Williams is largely remembered for his â??musical nationalismâ?? although a greatercomplexity is attributed to it than in former times.

Ralph Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was composed in 1953-4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the LSO and was written for the orchestra's principal tuba player Philip Catelinet. It was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument and remains today the outstanding work of its kind. This new edition is based on all extant sources and contains full textual notes and a discussion of the editorial method. Notable additions are the inclusion of two sets of phrasing for the Romanza-one from the first publication largely influenced by Catelinet and the other from Vaughan Williams's manuscript-and the originalcadenza to the first movement. The arrangement for tuba and piano has been updated in light of the research carried out by David Matthews and all orchestral parts have been revised.

Piano-Ralph Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was composed in 1953-4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the LSO and was written for the orchestra's principal tuba player Philip Catelinet. It was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument and remains today the outstanding work of its kind. This new edition is based on all extant sources and contains full textual notes and a discussion of the editorial method. Notable additions are the inclusion of two sets of phrasing for the Romanza-one from the first publication largely influenced by Catelinet and the other from Vaughan Williams's manuscript-andthe original cadenza to the first movement. This arrangement for tuba and piano has been updated in light of the research carried out by David Matthews and all orchestral parts have been revised.

Mannin Veen (Dear Mona) is a traditional Manx melody arranged for SATB chorus by Vaughan Williams. It includes a Piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. Lyrics are provided in both English andManx.Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was an English composer editor and collector of folk music. He studied at the RCM under Stanford and Parry and formed a lifelong friendship with Holst with whom he wouldexchange critical views on each otherâ??s work. He is best remembered for his orchestral works like the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the Folk Song Suite but he also wrote many hymn tunes and carols.

Marking the first publication of an early work for chamber orchestra this study score presents Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Solent composed in 1903. The main theme from this work will be recognisable to many listeners as it later found its way into both the Sea Symphony and the Ninth Symphony albeit in a somewhat altered form. This duplication has intrigued many Vaughan Williams' scholars as has the Philip Marston quotation that prefaces the scores: 'Passion and sorrow in the deep sea's voice A mighty mystery saddening all the wind?'.The score has been edited by James Francis Brown and includes an introduction by theeditor.

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi for SATB wordless chorus Viola solo and Orchestra. Vocal score.This work is one of Vaughan Williams's most enigmatic pieces. Although the six movements all borrow their titles from the Old Testament's Song of Solomon the Chorus never articulates a single word. Instead it serves as a section of the Orchestra creating an elegant vocal texture and backdrop to the Viola's haunting solo lines.Flos Campi was premiered in October 1925 by the violist Lionel Tertis singers from the RCM and the Queen's Hall Orchestra directed by Sir Henry Wood.

20th century English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is perhaps best known for his symphonies and large-scale choral works however the essence of his music can also be found in his songs. His 1903 House of Life cyclefeatures 6 songs out of which the most famous one is the second Silent Noon. Composed before the rest of the cycle and first published separately this piece in E-flat major for Voice and Piano can easilystand alone. By using the sonnet of renowned 19th century English painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti Williams celebrates the beauty of the English language and advances toward the true 20th century Englishart song. All of the songs in House of Life are written for sonnets from Rossetti?s sonnet-sequence of the same name and thus the continuity of the cycle is enforced both by the music and the lyrics. At the same time thesimilarity given by the strict rules of the Petrarchan sonnet-form emphasises the differences in mood meaning and music between the six songs. Even though the (male) narrator in Silent Noon is optimistic andhopeful some of the variations in the passages suggest the despairing of love in Song 6 (?Love?s Last Gift?) which gives this piece an interesting lyrical atmosphere.

A Dorset Song-This pastoral poem written by William Barnes who was born in 1801 in Dorset was set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams to make a rich pleasing and thoughtful Dorset Folk song. This arrangement by Alec Rowley is for two treble voices.

A Dorset Song-Linden Lea by Ralph Vaughan Williams is fondly reminiscent of the countryside and contains much wonderful pastoral imagery. This arrangement of the popular Dorset song sets the beautifully descriptive text by William Barnes for Voice and Piano accompaniment transcribed to the key of F.

One of the great hymns by Ralph Vaughan Williams Hart Morris has arranged it for SATB choir and organ. Sure to be a favorite on All Saints Sunday and services honoring those in missions the congregation is invited to join in thefinal stanza. The hymntune remains firmly intact in this arrangement while the harmony provides creative pleasure and celebration.