What is the nickname of Vaughan-Williams' symphony number 1?
Symphony No. 9 (Vaughan Williams) opening theme of the slow movement comes from music Vaughan Williams had composed more than fifty years earlier: "A Sea Symphony" and an even earlier, unpublished tone poem from 1904 called "The Solent". <score vorbis="1"> \relative c' { \clef treble \key d \minor \numericTimeSignature \time 4/4 \tempo "Poco animando" 4 = 100 <d bes>8\p <d bes> <d bes> bes <cis a>4 <cis a> | <d bes>8 <d bes> <d bes> bes <ees c>4 <d bes> } </score> The orchestra includes: Vaughan Williams's program note accompanying the premiere performance remarked thus: The usual symphony orchestra is used with the addition of
Symphony No. 4 (Vaughan Williams) Symphony No. 4 (Vaughan Williams) The Symphony No. 4 in F minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams was dedicated by the composer to Arnold Bax. Unlike Vaughan Williams's first three symphonies, it was not given a title, the composer stating that it was to be understood as "pure music", without any incidental or external inspiration. In contrast to many of Vaughan Williams's previous compositions, the symphony displays a severity of tone. The composer himself once observed of it, "I'm not at all sure that I like it myself now. All I know is that it's what I wanted to do at