The Wasps (suite)

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The Wasps (suite) is an orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, adapted from his incidental music for Aristophanes’ comedy and noted for its lively overture and evocative English pastoral style.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Wasps 2
Overture to The Wasps 1
The Wasps (incidental music) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral suite
person
person
basedOn The Wasps (incidental music)
linked to: The Wasps (suite)

The Wasps (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Aristophanes
catalogueNote one of Vaughan Williams’s early orchestral works
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPerformanceYear 1909
genre classical music
orchestral music
hasPart Ballet and Final Tableau
Entr’acte
linked to: Entr'acte

March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
Overture to The Wasps
linked to: The Wasps (suite)
languageOfUnderlyingWork Ancient Greek
notedFor evocative orchestration
lively overture
numberOfMovements 4
occupation composer
playwright
period 20th-century classical music
premiereContext Cambridge Greek Play
premiereLocation Cambridge, England
relatedWork The Wasps (overture)
linked to: The Wasps (suite)
scoring orchestra
style English pastoral
usesMaterialFrom incidental music to The Wasps

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ralph Vaughan Williams notableWork The Wasps (suite)
Aristophanes notableWork The Wasps
linked to: The Wasps (suite)
Las Avispas translation The Wasps
linked to: The Wasps (suite)
The Wasps (suite) basedOn The Wasps (incidental music)
linked to: The Wasps (suite)
The Wasps (suite) hasPart Overture to The Wasps
linked to: The Wasps (suite)
The Wasps (suite) relatedWork The Wasps (overture)
linked to: The Wasps (suite)