Download or read book A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) written by Ralph Vaughan Williams and published by Petrucci Library Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vaughan Williams' first effort in the symphonic form had a relatively long incubation period - from 1903-1909. With text assembled from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", the work is scored for soprano and baritone soli, mixed chorus and large orchestra. With an average duration of 70 minutes, it is one of the longer pieces in the symphonic repertoire. The work's received its premiere under the composer's baton at the Leeds Festival on October 12, 1910 - Vaughan Williams' 38th birthday.