Vaughan Williams: The Garden of Proserpine
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- Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Format: Vocal Score
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, SATB Choir, Soprano
- Originally for: SATB Choir, Soprano, Orchestra
- Work: The Garden of Proserpine (1899)
- Work Language: English
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- Size: 8.3 x 11.5 inches
Description
Composed between 1897 and 1899 and lasting around 25 minutes, The Garden of Proserpine is in A Major early score by Vaughan Williams which remained unperformed during the composer's lifetime and for over fifty years thereafter. The music is a rich and revealing setting for soprano solo, chorus and orchestra of a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne.