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The article reports that an unknown cantata by Vaughan Williams has finally reached publication owing to the sincere effort of a music company. The 14-minute work sets a sensual sonnet sequence by Pre-Raphaelite poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and in musical style looks ahead to the songs "Five Mystical...

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Published in:Choir & Organ Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 3
Format: Article
Published: Mark Allen Holdings Limited May/Jun2005
Subjects:
Music publishing
Music publishers
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Vocal music
Lloyd-Jones, David, 1934-2022
Organists
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article reports that an unknown cantata by Vaughan Williams has finally reached publication owing to the sincere effort of a music company. The 14-minute work sets a sensual sonnet sequence by Pre-Raphaelite poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and in musical style looks ahead to the songs "Five Mystical Songs" and "Flos Campi." The article also informs that a recording with organist Roderick Williams and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, directed by David Lloyd-Jones, is due to be released on the Naxos label in 2006.