Fantasia on Greensleeves

E211921
fantasia orchestral work

Fantasia on Greensleeves is a short orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams that reimagines the traditional English folk tune "Greensleeves" in a lush, lyrical, and pastoral style.

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Fantasia on Greensleeves canonical 1
incorporates the folk tune Lovely Joan as a contrasting middle section 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasia ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
approximateDuration 4–6 minutes ⓘ
arranger Ralph Greaves ⓘ
associatedComposer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
associatedNationalityOfComposer English ⓘ
basedOn Greensleeves ⓘ
traditional English folk tune ⓘ
catalogueStatus one of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s most popular short works ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 20th century ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
derivedFrom Ralph Vaughan Williams’s opera Sir John in Love ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasForm single-movement work ⓘ
inspiredBy English folk music tradition ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
mood pastoral ⓘ
serene ⓘ
movementOrigin intermezzo from Sir John in Love ⓘ
notableFeature Fantasia on Greensleeves self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: incorporates the folk tune Lovely Joan as a contrasting middle section

reimagines the tune Greensleeves in a fantasia form ⓘ
orchestrationCharacteristic lyrical string writing ⓘ
prominent use of harp arpeggios ⓘ
performancePractice often performed by string orchestra with harp and flute ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
scoredFor flute ⓘ
harp ⓘ
optional second flute or piccolo ⓘ
string orchestra ⓘ
style lyrical ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
subjectOf numerous commercial recordings ⓘ
texture lush orchestration ⓘ
tonalCenter G minor with modal inflections ⓘ
typicalProgrammingContext English pastoral music programs ⓘ
typicalUse concert repertoire ⓘ
encore piece ⓘ
usesMelody Greensleeves ⓘ
Lovely Joan ⓘ

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Ralph Vaughan Williams → notableWork → Fantasia on Greensleeves ⓘ
Fantasia on Greensleeves → notableFeature → Fantasia on Greensleeves self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: incorporates the folk tune Lovely Joan as a contrasting middle section