March Past of the Kitchen Utensils

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"March Past of the Kitchen Utensils" is a humorous, characterful orchestral movement by Ralph Vaughan Williams, best known for its playful depiction of clattering kitchenware within *The Wasps* suite.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral movement
associatedComposer Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED
associatedWork The Wasps Overture NERFINISHED
basedOn The Wasps (incidental music) NERFINISHED
character humorous
playful
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts clattering kitchenware
kitchen utensils
genre orchestral music
programmatic music
hasReception known for its wit and character
hasTitleLanguage English
inspiredBy comic dramatic context of The Wasps
intendedFor symphony orchestra
language none (instrumental)
movementNumberWithinWork one of the movements of The Wasps suite
notableFor comic orchestral effects
orchestrationFeature colorful use of the orchestra
use of percussion to imitate kitchenware
partOf The Wasps (suite) NERFINISHED
performanceContext concert performance
orchestral suite programming
period 20th-century classical music
relatedTo English music of the early 20th century
incidental music for theatre
style English pastoral tradition
late Romantic
tonality tonal
typicalDuration short movement
workTitleType descriptive title

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The Wasps (suite) hasPart March Past of the Kitchen Utensils