Job: A Masque for Dancing

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Job: A Masque for Dancing is a ballet score by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by the biblical Book of Job, noted for its rich orchestration and evocative depiction of spiritual struggle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
ballet score
orchestral work
basedOn Book of Job
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
composerNationality British
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
form masque
genre ballet
classical music
hasCreator Ralph Vaughan Williams
hasInstrumentation brass
harp
organ
percussion
strings
woodwinds
hasPart Epilogue
Prologue
Scene I
Scene II
Scene III
Scene IV
Scene V
Scene VI
Scene VII
hasTheme divine justice
innocent suffering
inspiredBy biblical Book of Job
intendedFor ballet production
stage performance
inUniverse biblical narrative
involvesCharacter God
Job
Job's family
Iblis
surface form: Satan
language none (instrumental)
movementType programmatic
notedFor evocative depiction of spiritual struggle
rich orchestration
orchestration large orchestra
period 20th-century classical music
style English pastoral modernism
subjectMatter faith under trial
good and evil
spiritual struggle
suffering of Job
title Job: A Masque for Dancing self-link

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Ralph Vaughan Williams notableWork Job: A Masque for Dancing
Job: A Masque for Dancing title Job: A Masque for Dancing self-link