Musical Borrowing
An Annotated Bibliography

Individual record

[+] Vaughan Williams, Ralph. Preface to Sir John in Love, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. London: Oxford University Press, [1930].

By using borrowed folk tunes in this opera, Vaughan Williams was intending to flatter his colleague Gustav Holst. As was the practice of Holst, the titles of folk songs used are not generally of programmatic significance.

Works: Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love.

Index Classifications: 1900s

Contributed by: Rob Lamborn



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