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Selected choral works

Works for choir and orchestra

30 minutes or more

Dona Nobis Pacem 40 minsCantata for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestraVocal score: 978-0-19-338861-1

Five Tudor Portraits 45 minsChoral suite for alto and baritone soloists, mixedchorus, and full orchestra (or strings and piano)Vocal score available from Banks Music Publications

Folk-songs of the Four Seasons45 mins

Cantata for female chorus with orchestra, or stringsand pianoVocal score: 978-0-19-385087-3Chorus part: 978-0-19-339086-7

Pilgrims Journey 40 minsCantata devised from the morality The Pilgrims ProgressSoprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, mixed chorusand orchestra (or organ), or strings and pianoVocal score available from Banks Music Publications

Less than 30 minutes

An Oxford Elegy 25 minsSpeaker, small wordless chorus, and small orchestraVocal score: 978-0-19-339205-2

Benedicite 15 minsSoprano solo, SATB (or womens voices), and largeorchestra or strings, organ and/or pianoVocal score: 978-0-19-385159-7

Flos Campi 18 minsSuite for solo viola, small SATB chorus, and smallorchestraVocal score: 978-0-19-385058-3

In Windsor Forest 20 mins A cantata adapted from the opera Sir John in LoveSATB and orchestra, or strings and pianoVocal score: 978-0-19-339121-5Also available in compatible version for SSA fromBanks Music Publications

Magnificat 12 minsContralto/mezzo-soprano solo, female chorus, andorchestra (or flute and piano)Vocal score: 978-0-19-339154-3

Serenade to Music 14 minsSATB choir or sixteen solo voices with orchestra orstrings and piano Vocal score: 978-0-19-339357-8

2008 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams. We invite you to join us in celebrating the life and music of one of Britains mostimportant composers.

Vaughan Williams composed over 80 choral works. Here are some of the highlights from OUPs catalogue:

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5.75

9.9512.95

Works with keyboard accompaniment

A Vision of AeroplanesMixed voices and organ978-0-19-385678-3

Orpheus with his LuteUnison voices and piano978-0-19340136-5

The Song of the Tree of LifeUnison or two-part voices and piano978-0-19341437-2

Three Childrens SongsUnison voices and piano

No. 1 Spring978-0-19-340657-5

No. 2 The Singers978-0-19-340659-9

No. 3 An Invitationavailable from Banks Music Publications

Early in Spring(from Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)978-0-19-385449-9Upper voices

Greensleeves 978-0-19-343810-1 (SATB)978-0-19-341404-4 (upper voices)978-0-19-341005-3 (male voices)

Unaccompanied works

Silence and Music978-0-19-343823-1SATB

Three Shakespeare Songs978-0-19-343827-9SATB

A full listing of Vaughan Williamss works published by OUP is now available in our new RVW catalogue.

Please email repertoire.promotion.uk@oup.com or phone +44 (0)1865 355021 to receive your copy, or to request:

Vaughan Williams sampler CD, available autumn 2007 Programme notes Details of commercially available recordings of RVW works Perusal scores

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

No one composer can fully cater to all ones moods . . . but Vaughan Williamss musiccomes closest to being the perfect companion onthat mythical desert island.ALAIN FROGLEY, BBC Music Magazine

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Sacred and l i turgical music

Services

Festival Te Deum978-0-19-351531-4SATB and organ

Te Deum in G978-0-19-353521-3SATB and organ

Anthems and sacred works

A Vision of Aeroplanes(see above)

For all the saints978-0-19-353503-9SATB and organ or orchestra

He that is down need fear no fall978-0-19-351123-1 (SATB)978-0-19-341950-6 (unison)Easy anthem for soloist, SATB or unison voices, andinstrumental obbligato for flute, oboe, or organ

O how amiable978-0-19-386250-0SATB and organ or SATB and brass, percussion, andorgan

O taste and see978-0-19-353511-4 (SATB)978-0-19-353512-1 (SSA)Soprano soloist and SATB or SSA, with organintroduction

Old Hundredth Psalm Tune978-0-19-353508-4SATB and orchestraAlso available in version for 3 tpt, timp, and organ (arr. Douglas)Also available in version for brass (3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc) (arr. Hazell)

Valiant-for-truth978-0-19-353529-9SATB with organ or piano introduction, words byJohn Bunyan

Vaughan Williams also composed a number of well-loved hymns forThe English Hymnal, of which he was musical editor.

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Anniversary News

Classic FM announces Vaughan Williams day on 1 January 2008. www.classicfm.com

O Thou Transcendent is a new film about the life and music of Vaughan Williams, directed by TonyPalmer. The film will be shown on Channel Five in December 2007 and subsequently released on DVD.

The English Hymnal (Full music edition)

Centenary edition 2006978-0-19-335616-0

Full music standard edition 978-0-19-231111-5

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1.351.80

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4.75

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1.801.30

39.00

36.50

Music for Christmas

Hodie 50 minsSoprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, mixed choir, andorchestraVocal score: 978-0-19-339551-0Chorus part: 978-0-19-339552-7

Available separately: Lullaby from Hodie978-0-19-385448-2 SSA and piano

The First Nowell50 mins (dramatic version)30 mins (concert version)

Soloists, SATB chorus, and small orchestra or stringsand organ/pianoVocal score: available from Banks Music Publications

Oxford choral music is available from all good music shops, or direct from Oxford University Press:

Tel: + 44 (0)1536 454590Fax: + 44 (0)1536 454577Email: music.orders.uk@oup.com

Vocal Archive Service at Banks Music Publications:

Tel: +44 (0)1904 468472Fax: +44 (0)1904 468679Email: banksmusic@tiscali.co.uk

Music Hire Library:

Tel: +44 (0)1865 353699Fax: +44 (0)1865 353767Email: music.hire.uk@oup.com

Contact us

Vaughan Williams wrote, collected, and arrangednumerous carols, notably for the Oxford Book of Carols.

www.oup.com/uk/vaughanwilliams

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The Oxford Book of Carolsedited by Percy Dearmer,Ralph Vaughan Williams, andMartin Shaw

978-0-19-353315-8

Orchestral material where indicated is available on hire.Vocal scores for some large-scale works may also be hired fromus.Visit our website at www.oup.com/uk/music/hire for details of orchestrations, or contact the Hire Library.

All durations are approximate. Prices were correct at the time of going to press.

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