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Vaughan Williams, Ralph. (1872–1958) [Kennedy, Michael. (1926–2014)]. A Vision of Airplanes: A Motet for Chorus and Organ. Vocal Score. Copy inscribed by the composer. London: Oxford University Press. 1956. First Edition.
Octavo. 27 pp. Lithographed. No PN. Title inscribed by the composer in blue ink: "Michael [Kennedy] from / RVW." Original wrappers. Slightly foxed and soiled; else in very good condition. From the library of critic Michael Kennedy (1926–2014), who was a close friend of the composer and became his biographer in 1964.
The critical school which claims that Vaughan Williams wrote solely in a comfortable pastoral style needs to check its facts, especially in the face of the extraordinary setting of this work's text from the prophet Ezekiel. A vision of aeroplanes was written for Harold Darke (who had conducted the first performances of the Te Deum in G and Valiant-for-Truth) and was first performed under his direction on 4 June 1956. With its cataclysmic organ writing and whirling voice-parts it is a highly imaginative setting without a trace of pastoralism. Epic in style and proportion, the ‘vision’ has more than a hint of the film scores which had preoccupied Vaughan Williams for the previous ten years.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph. (1872–1958) [Kennedy, Michael. (1926–2014)]. A Vision of Airplanes: A Motet for Chorus and Organ. Vocal Score. Copy inscribed by the composer. London: Oxford University Press. 1956. First Edition.
Octavo. 27 pp. Lithographed. No PN. Title inscribed by the composer in blue ink: "Michael [Kennedy] from / RVW." Original wrappers. Slightly foxed and soiled; else in very good condition. From the library of critic Michael Kennedy (1926–2014), who was a close friend of the composer and became his biographer in 1964.
The critical school which claims that Vaughan Williams wrote solely in a comfortable pastoral style needs to check its facts, especially in the face of the extraordinary setting of this work's text from the prophet Ezekiel. A vision of aeroplanes was written for Harold Darke (who had conducted the first performances of the Te Deum in G and Valiant-for-Truth) and was first performed under his direction on 4 June 1956. With its cataclysmic organ writing and whirling voice-parts it is a highly imaginative setting without a trace of pastoralism. Epic in style and proportion, the ‘vision’ has more than a hint of the film scores which had preoccupied Vaughan Williams for the previous ten years.