Tallis Fantasia
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Tallis Fantasia is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s richly scored orchestral work for string ensembles, renowned for its lush harmonies and meditative, cathedral-like sonorities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composition for string orchestra
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orchestral work ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | about 15 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English pastoral tradition
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Ralph Vaughan Williams’s early orchestral style ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Thomas Tallis’s psalm tune for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
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theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ |
| characteristic |
antiphonal string textures
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cathedral-like sonorities ⓘ richly scored string writing ⓘ slow, contemplative atmosphere ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conductorAtPremiere | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraOfComposition | early 20th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | fantasia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anglican choral tradition
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English Renaissance church music ⓘ music of Thomas Tallis ⓘ |
| key | G major (modal inflections) ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| nationalityOfComposer | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocation of sacred, ecclesiastical space
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prominent use of string sonority and resonance ⓘ use of spatially separated string groups ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Three Choirs Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Gloucester Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Stainer & Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
double string orchestra
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second, smaller string orchestra ⓘ solo string quartet ⓘ string orchestra ⓘ |
| style |
late-Romantic orchestral writing
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lush harmonies ⓘ meditative sonorities ⓘ modal harmony ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
musicological analyses of orchestration and modality
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numerous commercial recordings ⓘ |
| tempoIndication | Adagio (overall character) ⓘ |
| title | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
divided string sections
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dynamic swells and fades ⓘ overlapping string lines ⓘ sustained pedal tones ⓘ |
| workNumbering | often unnumbered in Vaughan Williams’s catalogue ⓘ |
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