III. Scherzo: The Waves

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"III. Scherzo: The Waves" is the lively, ocean-evoking third movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s choral-orchestral A Sea Symphony.

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III. Scherzo: The Waves canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral movement ⓘ
symphonic movement ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod 1903–1909 ⓘ
associatedComposerNationality British ⓘ
basedOnPoemBy Walt Whitman ⓘ
belongsToCycle Vaughan Williams symphonies ⓘ
character lively ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
evokes ocean waves ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
followedBy IV. The Explorers ⓘ
follows II. On the Beach at Night Alone ⓘ
forces mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
form scherzo ⓘ
genre choral ⓘ
orchestral ⓘ
symphonic ⓘ
key A minor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementFunction contrasting fast movement within symphony ⓘ
movementNumber 3 ⓘ
nationalSchool English music ⓘ
orchestrationFeature energetic choral outbursts ⓘ
prominent brass and woodwind writing ⓘ
rapid figurations suggesting waves ⓘ
partOf A Sea Symphony ⓘ
period 20th-century music ⓘ
positionInWork third movement ⓘ
premiereConductor Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
premiereDate 1910-10-12 ⓘ
premieredWith A Sea Symphony ⓘ
premiereFestival Leeds Festival ⓘ
premierePlace Leeds, England ⓘ
linked to: Leeds
publisher Stainer & Bell ⓘ
scoringDetail SATB chorus and orchestra ⓘ
tempoIndication Allegro brillante ⓘ
textBy Walt Whitman ⓘ
textSource Leaves of Grass ⓘ
textTheme motion of waves ⓘ
the power of the sea ⓘ
tonalCenter A minor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext choral-orchestral festival ⓘ
concert hall ⓘ
usesTextFrom Walt Whitman sea poems ⓘ
workCatalogue A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) ⓘ
workTypeWithinSymphony fast movement ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

A Sea Symphony → movement → III. Scherzo: The Waves ⓘ
subject linked to: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships → relatedWork → III. Scherzo: The Waves ⓘ