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R. Vaughan Williams - Sir John in Love

This four-act comic opera celebrating Shakespeares Sir John Falstaff was given it first professional performance in 1946. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and interpolates texts by contemporaries of Shakespeare such as Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Campion. The work contains English folksong material and fine examples of the composers orchestral lyricism and dramatic flair. Music from the opera was later adapted to form the cantata In Windsor Forest and the Fantasia on Greensleeves. For this comprehensive new edition, the editor (and conductor) David Lloyd-Jones has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. The performance materials are newly-engraved.

This four-act comic opera celebrating Shakespeares Sir John Falstaff was given it first professional performance in 1946. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and interpolates texts by contemporaries of Shakespeare such as Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Campion. The work contains English folksong material and fine examples of the composers orchestral lyricism and dramatic flair. Music from the opera was later adapted to form the cantata In Windsor Forest and the Fantasia on Greensleeves.
For this comprehensive new edition, the editor (and conductor) David Lloyd-Jones has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. The performance materials are newly-engraved.

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