The Vagabond
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Words: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
The Vagabond is the opening song of Vaughan Williams song cycle entitled Songs of Travel. In The Vagabond we meet our protagonist, the wanderer, and the stage is set for the rest of the song cycle. Thick left hand block harmonies and moving octaves mimic the steps of a traveler forging a path for himself. The singer is proud and vigorous as he proclaims the virtue of boundless freedom and travel, with only the “road below me.”
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)
The Vagabond is the opening song of Vaughan Williams song cycle entitled Songs of Travel. In The Vagabond we meet our protagonist, the wanderer, and the stage is set for the rest of the song cycle. Thick left hand block harmonies and moving octaves mimic the steps of a traveler forging a path for himself. The singer is proud and vigorous as he proclaims the virtue of boundless freedom and travel, with only the “road below me.”
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 E Minor
Range : Octave plus tritone : Db up to G
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Key of D Minor
Range : Octave plus tritone : B up to F
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Key of C Minor
Range : Octave plus tritone : A up to Eb
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Key of B Minor
Range : Octave plus tritone : G# up to D
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Key of B Flat Minor
Range : Octave plus tritone : G up to Db
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