RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE

Acknowledged as one of the most prominent figures of British music history, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is well known to the world for pieces like Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, A Sea Symphony, The Wasps and many others. Recently, the conductor Alan Tongue discovered at the Cambridge...

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Main Author: Bianca ŢIPLEA TEMEŞ
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Language:English
Published: Babeș-Bolyai University 2011-06-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica
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Online Access:https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8889
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spelling doaj-art-8d4d81c800374697bd29ad150b9f88e02025-02-11T11:01:39ZengBabeș-Bolyai UniversityStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica1844-43692065-96282011-06-01561RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUEBianca ŢIPLEA TEMEŞ0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-1769Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music, Cluj-Napoca. Email: [email protected] Acknowledged as one of the most prominent figures of British music history, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is well known to the world for pieces like Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, A Sea Symphony, The Wasps and many others. Recently, the conductor Alan Tongue discovered at the Cambridge University Library a manuscript signed by Vaughan Williams: a Mass for soloists, choir and orchestra, written in 1899, with the academic purpose of obtaining the title of Doctor of Music. Professor Alan Tongue edited the score, conducted the premiere in London, on March 3rd, 2011, thus delivering a youthful masterpiece of the English composer to the international concert life. https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8889Vaughan WilliamsA Cambridge Massmanuscriptworld premiere
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica
Vaughan Williams
A Cambridge Mass
manuscript
world premiere
title RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE
title_full RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE
title_fullStr RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE
title_full_unstemmed RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE
title_short RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “A CAMBRIDGE MASS”. ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT AND A WORLD PREMIERE, IN CONVERSATION WITH MAESTRO ALAN TONGUE
title_sort ralph vaughan williams a cambridge mass about a newly discovered manuscript and a world premiere in conversation with maestro alan tongue
topic Vaughan Williams
A Cambridge Mass
manuscript
world premiere
url https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8889
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