Romance and Pastorale

Composer: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph
  • Vaughan Williams’ Romance and Pastorale was written in 1914 and published in 1923.
  • The two-movement work for violin and piano was dedicated to Dorothy Longman, a violinist and wife of publisher R J Longman.1
  • Interestingly, this work was written the same year as a much more well-known “Romance,” The Lark Ascending.

Sources

  1. Michael Kennedy, Notes in accompanying booklet, Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music performed by The Nash Ensemble, Hyperion 67381, 2002, compact disc.

Cut IDs

13439 27241