Symphony No. 8

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Symphony No. 8

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Symphony No. 8

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Description:

  • Pages: 120
  • Release: 21.09.2016
  • Dimensions: 189 x 246 mm
  • Weight: 246 g
  • Genre: Classical Music, Classical Music of the Modern Age
  • ISBN: 9780193413306
Vaughan Williams wrote his Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955, when he was in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony, and is considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre moments, the symphony is optimistic in mood and displays Vaughan Williams's love for exotic and colourful combinations of instruments, with a percussion sections that, he said, employs 'all the 'phones and 'spiels known to the composer'. For this newly engraved edition, editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant sources and materials to create a score matching the composer's intentions. The full score is completed with Textual Notes and Preface, and accompanying orchestral parts are available on hire.