IV. The Explorers

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"IV. The Explorers" is the expansive, visionary final movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s choral-orchestral A Sea Symphony, evoking humanity’s spiritual and cosmic quest through Walt Whitman’s poetry.

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IV. The Explorers canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral movement ⓘ
symphonic movement ⓘ
associatedConcept humanity’s spiritual and cosmic quest ⓘ
basedOnTextBy Walt Whitman ⓘ
belongsToPeriod 20th-century classical music ⓘ
belongsToWorkTypeWithWork choral symphony ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
composerNationality British ⓘ
countryOfOriginWithWork United Kingdom ⓘ
evokes cosmic and universal themes ⓘ
sea voyage as metaphor for spiritual exploration ⓘ
genre choral symphony movement ⓘ
influencedBy Walt Whitman’s transcendentalist ideas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementNumber 4 ⓘ
notableFeature expansive, visionary character ⓘ
integration of chorus and orchestra throughout the movement ⓘ
use of Whitman’s mystical and exploratory imagery ⓘ
orchestration baritone soloist ⓘ
full symphony orchestra ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ
soprano soloist ⓘ
partOf A Sea Symphony ⓘ
partOfCycle four-movement structure of A Sea Symphony ⓘ
positionInWork final movement ⓘ
precededBy III. The Waves ⓘ
linked to: The Waves
premiereConductorWithWork Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
premiereLocationWithWork Leeds Festival ⓘ
premiereWithWork 1910 ⓘ
style English pastoral ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ
subjectOf musicological analyses of Vaughan Williams’s choral symphonies ⓘ
textAuthorNationality American ⓘ
textLanguage English ⓘ
textSource Leaves of Grass ⓘ
Passage to India ⓘ
theme cosmic exploration ⓘ
humanity’s journey ⓘ
spiritual quest ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
usesPoetryBy Walt Whitman ⓘ
workCatalogueWithWork Symphony No. 1 ⓘ
workKeyWithWork D major ⓘ

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

A Sea Symphony → movement → IV. The Explorers ⓘ
subject linked to: Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Symphony No. 1 → movement → IV. The Explorers ⓘ