Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3

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Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3, known as the "Pastoral Symphony," is a reflective, subtly orchestrated work inspired by the composer's World War I experiences and English landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pastoral Symphony ⓘ
linked to: A Pastoral Symphony
avoids overt programmatic narrative ⓘ
catalogueNumber H. 125 ⓘ
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
compositionEnd early 1920s ⓘ
compositionStart circa 1916 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Gustav Holst ⓘ
era post-World War I ⓘ
firstPublisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
inspiredBy English landscapes ⓘ
World War I experiences of Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
language wordless ⓘ
movement Lento ⓘ
Lento moderato ⓘ
Moderato pesante ⓘ
Molto moderato ⓘ
nationalSchool English music ⓘ
notableCharacteristic absence of triumphant finale ⓘ
quiet ending ⓘ
numberOfMovements 4 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature muted orchestral colors ⓘ
prominent use of solo trumpet ⓘ
ordinalNumber 3 ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
premiereConductor Adrian Boult ⓘ
linked to: Sir Adrian Boult
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereDate 1922 ⓘ
premierePlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
relatedWorkByComposer Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1 ⓘ
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2 ⓘ
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 ⓘ
style pastoral ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
subtle orchestration ⓘ
theme aftermath of war ⓘ
contemplation ⓘ
nature ⓘ
typicalDuration about 35 minutes ⓘ
vocalForces wordless offstage soprano ⓘ
wordless soprano solo ⓘ
wordless tenor solo ⓘ

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

A Pastoral Symphony → catalogueNumber → Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3 ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in F major → workNumberInComposerOutput → 3rd symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
linked to: Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 → followsWork → Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" ⓘ
linked to: Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3