Bright is the ring of words
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Words: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Bright is the ring of words is song 8 from the song cycle entitled Songs of Travel. Using Stevenson’s poetry, this cycle is a classic “wayfarer cycle” depicting a world weary yet resolute individual.
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, film scores, and song. He was an avid collector of English folk music and song. Along with Cecil Sharp and others, Vaughan Williams helped reignite an appreciation for English folk music. He also helped develop a style of rugged and exalted composition, whose style and sound quality is thought of as distinctly British.
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Words: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Bright is the ring of words is song 8 from the song cycle entitled Songs of Travel. Using Stevenson’s poetry, this cycle is a classic “wayfarer cycle” depicting a world weary yet resolute individual.
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, film scores, and song. He was an avid collector of English folk music and song. Along with Cecil Sharp and others, Vaughan Williams helped reignite an appreciation for English folk music. He also helped develop a style of rugged and exalted composition, whose style and sound quality is thought of as distinctly British.
Key of C
Range : Octave plus 4th : Ab up to Db
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Key of D
Range : Octave plus 4th : Bb up to Eb
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Key of E
Range : Octave plus 4th : C up to F
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E Major Sheet Music Sample |
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