6 Studies in English Folk Song

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6 Studies in English Folk Song (1926)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Any Saxophone Solo with Piano

6 Studies in English Folk Song by Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged for Any Saxophone Solo with Piano. Six folk song melodies are included in this chamber work written by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1926. The six folk songs are set for (originally) cello and piano. Each song follows the same format: presentation of the tune in the solo line, followed by version of the melody in the piano with an ornamented solo line. The original publication included solo versions for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello. This transcription includes parts for soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones.

With this arrangement of 6 Studies in English Folk Song you get:

Piano Score, saxophone shown in C (9″ x 12″, 20pp including covers)

Saxophone Solo Parts

• Soprano Saxophone
• Alto Saxophone
• Tenor Saxophone
• Baritone Saxophone

The range for each saxophone part is shown below.
Audio and score excerpts are available above.

Saxophone Range for 6 Studies in English Folk Song

About the Composer

Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872 – 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, vocal pieces, and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over the span of sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century.

Vaughan Williams is among the best-known British symphonists, noted for his very wide range of moods, from stormy and impassioned to tranquil, from mysterious to exuberant. Among the most familiar of his other concert works are Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910) and The Lark Ascending (1914). He also composed several works for military band and brass band (Folk Song Suite, Toccata Marziale, Sea Songs, etc). 6 Studies in English Folk Song are a good example of how Vaughan Williams integrated native music into his own works.

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