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Psalm 148 – “O Praise the Lord of Heaven” (1913)

Ralph Vaughan Williams

arranged and prepared for 12 Cellos or Cello Orchestra by David Johnstone

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PDF 1 – Individual Cello Parts to Cellos 1 – 4

PDF 2 – Individual Cello Parts to Cellos 5 – 8

PDF 3 – Individual Cello Parts to Cellos 9 – 12

PDF 4 – original vocal score
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Example of the handwriting (from cello 1):

Notes:

This large musical setting of the Psalm 148 – “O Praise the Lord of Heaven” – was written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1913, and was first heard later that same year at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. The following year it was published.

It was originally scored for a double chorus, and an extra ‘semi-chorus’ which was to be reduced in numbers. It was intended to be a bold, antiphonal anthem, and David Johnstone has prepared the parts for performances with TWELVE cellists, and transposing the music into much more comfortable cello registers. However, these individual voices can be comfortably doubled up (with more present on parts 5 – 12 than in the parts 1 – 4). It is thought that Vaughan Williams conceived his choirs with totals of at least a hundred voices, so likewise there is no maximum number for cellos in new performances.

If a conductor is employed then he/she can use the original vocal score; the transpositions should cause no problem whatsoever.

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