Songs of Travel (Vaughan Williams, Ralph)

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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1905, 1907, 1912.
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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1960. Plate B&H 18741.
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Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1907. Plate H. 5557.
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Misc. Notes Published as "Four Songs by Robert Louis Stevenson." Includes: Let Beauty Awake, Youth and Love, In Dreams, and The Infinite Shining Heavens.
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Work Title Songs of Travel
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Composer Vaughan Williams, Ralph
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IRV 77
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 9 songs (originally 8)
  1. The Vagabond. Allegro moderato (C minor)
  2. Let Beauty Awake. Moderato (F dorian)
  3. The Roadside Fire. Allegretto (D major)
  4. Youth and Love. Andante sostenuto (G major)
  5. In Dreams. Andantino (C minor)
  6. The Infinite Shining Heavens. Andante sostenuto (D minor)
  7. Whither Must I Wander? Andante (C minor)
  8. Bright is the Ring of Words. Moderato risoluto (C major)
  9. I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope.* Andante sostenuto (D minor)
First Publication. 1905-12
Librettist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voice, piano
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The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
Extra Information *No.9. "I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope" published posthumously in 1960 and should be sung only if the entire cycle is being performed.
Vaughan Williams orchestrated the first, third, and eighth songs, and his assistant Roy Douglas later orchestrated the remaining songs using the same instrumentation