Composition: 5 Tudor Portraits (Vaughan Williams, Ralph)

Title 5 Tudor Portraits
Alternative title Choral suite
Creators Ralph Vaughan Williams (composer) and John Skelton (librettist)
Opus
Instrumentation mezzosoprano, alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
mezzosoprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements 5
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Composed 1935
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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
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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