Classical Composer: | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
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Lyricist: | Traditional |
Work: | 5 English Folk Songs |
Year Composed: | 1913 |
Instrumentation: | SATB |
Publisher: | Stainer & Bell |
Duration: | 00:10:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Choral - Secular |
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'Wassailing', as the words of the carol describe, was a traditional English custom of celebration, moving through the town with bread and ale and a special wassail bowl. 'Wassail' is an ancient toast meaning 'Good health!' The term also refers to a special mulled cider consumed on the Twelfth Night of Christmas. This setting of the traditional poem was written in 1913 by the great English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). During his formative years in the early decades of the 20th century, Vaughan Williams was an indefatigable collector of some 800 original English folk songs. Wassail Song was later included among his publication Five English Folk Songs 'Freely Arranged for Unaccompanied Chorus'.
Writer: Graham Wade
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