Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4
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Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 is a powerful and often dissonant orchestral work by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its dramatic intensity and departure from his more pastoral style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Symphony No. 4 in F minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | English ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Arnold Bax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsWork | Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | symphonic music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
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percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasOpusNumber | no ⓘ |
| historicalContext | composed in the interwar period ⓘ |
| key | F minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Allegro
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Andante moderato ⓘ Finale (Allegro molto) NERFINISHED ⓘ Scherzo (Allegro molto) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
departure from Vaughan Williams’s earlier pastoral style
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frequent use of dissonance ⓘ high rhythmic energy ⓘ powerful brass writing ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| precededByWork | Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Adrian Boult NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1935-04-10 ⓘ |
| premiereOrchestra | BBC Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
austere
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dissonant ⓘ dramatic ⓘ intense ⓘ non-pastoral ⓘ |
| workSeries | Symphonies by Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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