I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships

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"I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships" is the expansive, choral-orchestral opening movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, setting Walt Whitman’s sea-themed poetry to music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral movement ⓘ
symphonic movement ⓘ
associatedNationalityOfComposer British ⓘ
associatedPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
basedOnWork Leaves of Grass ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
conductorAtPremiereWithWork Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
genre choral symphony movement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementNumber 1 ⓘ
notableFeature expansive opening to A Sea Symphony ⓘ
large-scale choral-orchestral forces ⓘ
setting of Whitman’s sea imagery ⓘ
partOf A Sea Symphony ⓘ
Symphony No. 1 (A Sea Symphony) ⓘ
positionInWork opening movement ⓘ
premiereFestivalWithWork Leeds Festival ⓘ
premiereLocationWithWork Leeds, England ⓘ
linked to: Leeds
premiereWithWork 1910 ⓘ
relatedWork II. On the Beach at Night Alone ⓘ
III. Scherzo: The Waves ⓘ
IV. The Explorers ⓘ
scoring baritone solo ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
style English pastoral ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ
textBy Walt Whitman ⓘ
textSourceNationality American ⓘ
theme exploration ⓘ
spiritual journey ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
voyage ⓘ
tonalLanguage tonal with modal inflections ⓘ
usesTextFrom other sea-themed poems by Walt Whitman ⓘ
“A Song for All Seas, All Ships” (poem) ⓘ
“Song of the Exposition” (poem) ⓘ
workTitleLanguage English ⓘ

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A Sea Symphony → movement → I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships ⓘ
subject linked to: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
A Sea Symphony → notablePoemUsed → A Song for All Seas, All Ships ⓘ
subject linked to: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
linked to: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships
I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships → usesTextFrom → “A Song for All Seas, All Ships” (poem) ⓘ
linked to: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships
Symphony No. 1 → movement → I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships ⓘ