The Wasps (suite)

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The Wasps (suite) is an orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, adapted from his incidental music for Aristophanes’ comedy and noted for its lively overture and evocative English pastoral style.

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The Wasps 2
Overture to The Wasps 1
The Wasps (incidental music) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral suite
person
person
basedOn The Wasps (suite) self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Wasps (incidental music)

The Wasps (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Aristophanes
catalogueNote one of Vaughan Williams’s early orchestral works
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPerformanceYear 1909
genre classical music
orchestral music
hasPart Ballet and Final Tableau
Entr'acte
surface form: Entr’acte

March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
The Wasps (suite) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Overture to The Wasps
languageOfUnderlyingWork Ancient Greek
notedFor evocative orchestration
lively overture
numberOfMovements 4
occupation composer
playwright
period 20th-century classical music
premiereContext Cambridge Greek Play
premiereLocation Cambridge, England
relatedWork The Wasps (suite) self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Wasps (overture)
scoring orchestra
style English pastoral
usesMaterialFrom incidental music to The Wasps

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Ralph Vaughan Williams notableWork The Wasps (suite)
Aristophanes notableWork The Wasps (suite)
this entity surface form: The Wasps
Las Avispas translation The Wasps (suite)
this entity surface form: The Wasps
The Wasps (suite) basedOn The Wasps (suite) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Wasps (incidental music)
The Wasps (suite) hasPart The Wasps (suite) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Overture to The Wasps
The Wasps (suite) relatedWork The Wasps (suite) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Wasps (overture)