Three Shakespeare Songs .- The Cloud-Capp'd Towers (1951)

The Tempest, Act IV, scene 1

Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) [ Great Britain ]

Text by Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) [England] (1608)
Edition
Published by Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 2001 ; in Madrigals and Partsongs (378 p.)
Ref. : n°55 pp.316-318  (3 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution: Bartlett, Clifford ; Rutter John
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Copyright : Oxford University Press, 2001
ISMN/ISBN : ISBN 0193436949
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century  (1950-1959)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Partsong ; Contemporary
Mood of the piece: slow
Type of Choir: SSAATTBB  (8 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D
Tonality: D major
Duration: 2.0 min.
Musicological Sources: Three Shakespeare songs for SATB unaccompanied, Oxford University Press, 1951
Source of text: Shakespeare, The Tempest.
 
   Text
   Audio excerpt

sung by Luisen-Vocalensemble Berlin
conducted by Jerrold Baab

Discographic ref. : 3.Deutscher Chorwettbewerb, 1990

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