Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

E211914

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is a richly scored orchestral work for string ensemble that reimagines a 16th-century hymn tune in a spacious, modal, and deeply atmospheric style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
string orchestra composition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tallis Fantasia ⓘ
approximateDuration 15 minutes ⓘ
basedOn Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
catalogNumber no official opus number ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 20th century ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Three Choirs Festival ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1910-09-06 ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
historicalContext English musical renaissance ⓘ
influencedBy English Renaissance church music ⓘ
inspiredBy Thomas Tallis ⓘ
inTuningSystem tonal with modal harmony ⓘ
key G major with modal inflections ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
notableFeature reworking of a 16th-century hymn tune ⓘ
use of spatially separated string groups ⓘ
notableRecording London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
orchestrationCharacteristic divided string parts ⓘ
rich string sonorities ⓘ
originalThemeComposer Thomas Tallis ⓘ
originalThemeSource The Psalter of 1567 edited by Archbishop Matthew Parker ⓘ
period 20th-century music ⓘ
premiereCity Gloucester ⓘ
premiereConductor Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
premiereCountry England ⓘ
premiereFestival Three Choirs Festival ⓘ
premiereLocation Gloucester Cathedral ⓘ
publisher Stainer & Bell ⓘ
revisedIn 1913 ⓘ
scoredFor string ensemble ⓘ
string orchestra ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
structure single continuous movement ⓘ
style atmospheric ⓘ
late Romantic ⓘ
modal ⓘ
typicalUse concert performance ⓘ
recordings ⓘ
uses antiphonal string groups ⓘ
usesForm fantasia ⓘ
yearComposed 1910 ⓘ

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Ralph Vaughan Williams → notableWork → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
English pastoral school → associatedWork → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus → relatedWorkByComposer → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis → usedAsThemeIn → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
Third Psalm Tune by Thomas Tallis → influenced → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ
Tallis Fantasia → title → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ⓘ