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Journal Article
Dramatic Applications of Folksong in Vaughan Williams's Operas Hugh the Drover and Sir John in Love
2009
Overview
Although Ralph Vaughan Williams's operas Hugh the Drover (1924) and Sir John in Love (1929) both prominently feature English folk and traditional tunes, the dramatic ends such music serves differ significantly between the two works. This article compares the ways in which Vaughan Williams uses folk music in both operas, with the larger aim of providing a more nuanced perspective on the changing musical and dramatic potential the composer saw for indigenous English music within the context of opera.
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Examples 1-4 are from Hugh the Drover Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams Libretto by Harold Child Music © Copyright 1920 by Joan Ursula Penton Vaughan Williams. All rights for the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Jamaica and South Africa exclusively licensed to Faber Music Limited. All rights for the World (Ex United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Jamaica and South Africa) exclusively licensed to J. Curwen & Sons Limited and then transferred to G. Schirmer Limited. Libretto © Copyright 1920 by Harold Child. All rights for the World exclusively licensed to J. Curwen & Sons Limited and then transferred to G. Schirmer Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Reprinted by Permission. Examples 5-16 are from Sir John in Love An Opera in Four Acts R. Vaughan Williams © Oxford University Press 1930. Corrected edition published 1971. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
