Job (Vaughan Williams, Ralph)

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		Movements/Sections 9 Scenes Composition Year 1927–30 Genre Categories Masques; Stage Works; Ballets; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra

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London: Oxford University Press, 1934. n.p.

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Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Job
Alternative Title	A Masque for Dancing

Composer	Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Movements/Sections	9 Scenes: Scene I: "Saraband of the Sons of God" ("Hast thou considered my servant Job?") Introduction Pastoral Dance Satan's Appeal to God Saraband of the Sons of God Scene II: "Satan's Dance of Triumph" ("So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord") Satan's Dance Scene III: "Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives" ("There came a great wind and smote the four corners of the house and it fell upon the young men and they are dead") Minuet of the Sons and Daughters of Job Scene IV: "Job's Dream" ("In thoughts from the visions of the night....fear came upon me and trembling") Job's Dream Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle Scene V: "Dance of the Three Messengers" ("There came a messenger") Dance of the Messengers Scene VI: "Dance of Job's Comforters" ("Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth") Dance of Job's Comforters Job's Curse A Vision of Satan Scene VII: "Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty" ("Ye are old and I am very young") Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty Pavane of the Heavenly Host Scene VIII: "Pavane of the Sons of the Morning" ("All the Sons of God shouted for joy") Galliard of the Sons of the Morning Altar Dance and Heavenly Pavane Scene IX: "Epilogue" ("So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning")
Year/Date of Composition	1927–30
First Performance	1931
First Publication	1930-10 – Norwich, Norwich & Norfolk Festival: Ralph Vaughan Williams (conductor). Concert performance. 1931-07-05 – London, Cambridge Theatre: Vic-Wells Ballet. Re-orchestrated by Constant Lambert.
Dedication	Adrian Boult
Average Duration	46 minutes
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	3-3-3-3 (+Sax) 4-3-3-1 2 Harps, Organ, Percussion, Strings
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	"The music was first written for a larger orchestra than could be accommodated in a conventional theatre pit and had its premiere in concert form in October 1930... When the ballet was eventually produced, the music was orchestrated for a small orchestra by Constant Lambert" (Wikipedia)