| Title | 5 Tudor Portraits | 
| Alternative title | Choral suite | 
| Creators | Ralph Vaughan Williams (composer) and John Skelton (librettist) | 
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| Instrumentation | mezzosoprano, alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra mezzosoprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra | 
| Number of movements | 5 | 
| Keys | — | 
| Composed | 1935 | 
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| Dedication | — | 
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| Average duration (sec) | 2760 | 
| Number of measures | — | 
| Composition types | Suites | 
| Language | English | 
| Period | Early 20th century | 
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| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File | 
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| view | Complete | — | Oxford University Press | 1971 | Complete Score · view | 
| view | Complete | vocal score | London: Oxford University Press | 1935 | 1. The Tunning of Elinor Rumming - Ballad · view 2. Pretty Bess - Intermezzo · view 3. Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss - Burlesca · view 4. Jane Scroop (Her Lament of Philip Sparrow) - Romanza · view 5. Jolly Rutterkin - Scherzo · view | 
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