II. On the Beach at Night, Alone
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"II. On the Beach at Night, Alone" is the second movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s choral-orchestral work *A Sea Symphony*, setting a contemplative Walt Whitman text about the sea and the cosmos.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral movement
ⓘ
orchestral movement ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPoet | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | "On the Beach at Night Alone" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | A Sea Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forces |
baritone soloist
ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ soprano soloist ⓘ |
| genre | choral-orchestral music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mood |
contemplative
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| partOf | A Sea Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCycle | Whitman settings by Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| positionInWork | second movement ⓘ |
| sourceCollection | Leaves of Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
English choral tradition
ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ |
| textBy | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
contemplation
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cosmos ⓘ humanity and the universe ⓘ sea ⓘ |
| workType | setting of poetry ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
A Sea Symphony