Cantata for mixed chorus to text by Ursula Vaughan Williams. Cantata for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra or organ. A nativity play, see also Stage Works . For solo soprano, and full chorus. Uses text by A.C. Swinburne.
Setting includes parts for soprano and male soloists, a humming chorus, and a narrator.
For baritone soloist and semi-chorus. Vaughan Williams' love of Whitman's poetry lasted all his life, he set the poet many times. According to the dictionary, the rather curious title is another name for a nuptial song or poem sung in praise of the wedded couple. It was revised again in 1952 and eventually evolved into a cantata, being first performed in 1953. It is scored for string orchestra, choir, piano, flute and a baritone.