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English Folk Song Suite is one of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' most famous works. It was first published for the military band as Folk Song Suite and its premiere was given at Kneller Hall on 4 July 1923, conducted by Lt Hector Adkins.[1] The piece was then arranged for full orchestra in 1924 by Vaughan Williams' student Gordon Jacob and published as English Folk Song Suite. The piece was later arranged for British-style brass band in 1956 by Frank Wright and published as English Folk Songs Suite.[2] All three versions were published by Boosey & Hawkes; note the use of three different titles for the three different versions. The suite uses the melodies of nine English folk songs, six of which were drawn from the collection made by Vaughan Williams’ friend and colleague Cecil Sharp.[3][4][5]
- ^ Timothy Reynish, notes for British Wind Band Classics, Chandos Records 9697, 1999 – PDF Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Published score by Boosey & Hawkes, 1956, ref. B&H 18233
- ^ Garofalo, Robert J. [Ed] (2013) Folk songs in the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Silver Spring: Whirlwind Music
- ^ Garofalo, Robert and Graebe, Martin (2014) ‘Focus on Repertoire: Folk songs in Ralph Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite’, WASBE World, Vol 6, No 1
- ^ Harvey, Adam, English Folk Songs and Other Traditional Tunes in the Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Checklist (2012) Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, no. 54