Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982
2. Blake, William, 1757-1827
3. Drexel Musical Fund

Description

1. 1 study score (109 pages); 26 cm

Subject

1. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 > Job, a masque for dancing
2. De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001 > Job
3. Scores
4. Ballets (Music)
5. Drama
6. Ballets > Scores
7. Job (Biblical figure) > Songs and music
8. Job (Biblical figure) > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Ballets (Music)
2. Drama.
3. Scores.

Contents

1. 1. Introduction. Pastoral dance. Satan's appeal to God. Saraband of the Sons of God -- 2. Satan's dance -- 3. Minuet of the sons and daughters of Job -- 4. Job's dream. Dance of plague, pestilence, famine and battle -- 5. Dance of the messengers -- 6. Dance of Job's comforters. Job's curse. A vision of Satan -- 7. Elihu's dance of youth and beauty. Pavane of the Heavenly Host -- 8. Galliard of the Sons of the Morning. Altar dance and heavenly pavane -- 9. "So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning" -- Epilogue. Job ... sits again surrounded by his family. He blesses his children.

Call number

1. JMF 21-325

Note

1. Full score.
2. Geoffrey Keynes was responsible for the scenario; Gwendolen Raverat was responsible for design of the initial production.

Author

1. Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, composer.

Title

1. Job : a masque for dancing / founded on Blake's Illustrations of the book of Job by Geoffrey Keynes and Gwendolen Raverat ; music by R. Vaughan Williams.

Publisher

1. London : Oxford University Press, [1934]

Copyright date

1. ©1934

Type of content

1. notated music

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MSI

Added author

1. Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982, librettist.
2. Inspired by (work): Blake, William, 1757-1827. Illustrations of the book of Job.
3. Drexel Musical Fund.

ISBN

1. 0193691809
2. 9780193691803

Research call number

1. JMF 21-325