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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 song |
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Composition Year | 1899 |
Genre Categories | Songs; Madrigals; For 5 voices; |
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Work Title | Come away, Death |
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Alternative. Title | Madrigalian Part-Song |
Composer | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRV 106 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 song |
Text Incipit | Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1899 |
First Publication. | 1909 – London: Stainer & Bell, Ltd. |
Librettist | William Shakespeare (d. 1616) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices: mixed chorus (SSATB) |