Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2: Orchestra: Study Score

Collected (and set with a Piano accompaniment) by Ralph Vaughan Williams from the collection Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties.  For solo voice with Piano accompaniment.First sung to R. Vaughan Williams by James 'Duggie' Carter a King's Lynn fisherman  the song tells the story of the death of a young boy aboard a ship. According to comments from RVW himself 'The ballad was probably called forth by a particularly brutal case of ill treatment similiar to that narrated in it which occurred some twenty or thirty years ago'.Lyrics:One day a poor boy to me was bound apprentice Because of his beingfatherless;I took him out of St.James’ workhouse His mother being in deep distress.One day this poor boy unto me offended But nothing to him I did say Up to the mainmast shroud I sent him And there I kept him all that long day.All with my gasket I misused him So shamefully I can’t deny And by my barbarous cruel entreatment The very next day this poor boy died.You captains all throughout the nation Hear a voice and a warning take by me;Take special care of your apprenticeWhile you are on the raging sea.

Symphonic Series. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In partnership with Oxford University Press and authorized by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, this major new initiative brings the incredible catalog of Ralph Vaughan Williams to the wind band community, with scholarly transcriptions by leaders in wind band composition. Titles in the Symphonic Series come from treasured major orchestral works by Vaughan Williams that have never before been available for wind band. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Répertoire / Concert Band

Ralph Vaughan Williams a contribué au renouveau de la musique traditionnelle anglaise. Lors de ses nombreux voyages à travers le pays et plus particulièrement à travers les campagnes du Norfolk il recueille des chansons de tradition orale auprès de tous les corps de métiers. Il en intègre les plus belles dans sa propre musique notamment dans A Norfolk Rhapsody et dans la Symphonie n° 1 « A Sea Symphony ». Songs of the East Coast Fishermen (?Chants des marins-pêcheurs de la Côte Est?) de Philip Sparke est une suite basée sur cinq de ces chants notamment la célèbre mélodie King?s Lynn harmonisée par Ralph Vaughan Williams.