Flourish for a Coronation (Vaughan Williams, Ralph)

Genre Categories	Secular choruses; Choruses; For mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra; English language

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Complete Score (CA)
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1937).
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Complete Score (CA)
*#1032484 - 3.65MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/33/29 - Feduol

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Publisher. Info.	London: Oxford University Press, 1937.
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Work Title	Flourish for a Coronation
Alternative. Title
Composer	Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	None [force assignment]
Librettist	King James Bible (1 Kings 1:39-40, 2 Kings 11:12)
Language	English
Dedication	George VI's coronation in 1937
Average DurationAvg. Duration	12 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail	4 flutes (4th also piccolo), 2 oboes, piccolo clarinet, 2 clarinets saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani percussion*, 2 harps, piano, organ, strings [] 1st–4th horns and 1st–3rd trumpets should be placed on the opposite side of the orchestra from the 5th–8th horns and 4th–6th trumpets. [**] snare drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, bass drum, glockenspiel, bells