Title	Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
Article no.	3168328
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
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Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	Prt (full score)
Main item	Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Ha (PrtStm)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Composer	Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Arranger	Noble, Paul
Additional info/contents	Written in 1920-21, the Prelude and Fugue in C Minor was published in 1930, appearing both as an orchestral work and as an organ piece.  The ritornello-form first movement calls to mind the Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV546 of J S Bach. The fugue is in A - B - A form and based on a subject whose pentatonic outline seems like an augury of gentle pastoralism; but both movements display a gritty, truculent brand of counterpoint that anticipates the dissonance and fury of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 4 in F minor, the composition of which spanned the years 1931 - 4.  (from notes by Relf Clark © 2009).  The power and drama of this piece is captured in this faithful arrangement for Concert Band.
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