{"id":348,"date":"2016-01-23T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T23:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2016-09-05T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:02:52","slug":"seconds-from-disaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/contents-summaries\/three-elizabethan-partsongs\/part-3-complete\/seconds-from-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"zero seconds from disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evidently RVW is satisfied with leaving us in the dark on the correct dating of\u00a0his composition. Still, he copies Bach closely enough to justify the effort of\u00a0checking his barcode for names as well. And as the 1904-dating depends on\u00a0the use of the Alphabet as Bach knew it, this is the version to try first.<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0 A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4 \u00a0 D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7 \u00a0 G \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10 \u00a0 K\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>N\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Q\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>T\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>X<\/p>\n

2 \u00a0 B \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5 \u00a0 E\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>8\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0H\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>L\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>O\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>R\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a020\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0U=V\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Y<\/p>\n

3\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0C\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>F\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I=J\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>12\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0M\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>15\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0P\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>S\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>W\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a024\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Z<\/p>\n

Bach himself managed to include, together with his own number, that of the\u00a0king. The eight pieces completed at 7-7-1747 cover 319 bars, being the\u00a0average of 312 (319-7): \u2018Friedrich Rex von Hohenzollern\u2019, and 326 (319+7):\u00a0\u2018Koenig Friedrich von Hohenzollern. The figures to look for first therefore are:<\/p>\n

214 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ralph Vaughan Williams \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 285 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Albert Edward of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
\n162 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Vaughan Williams \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0230 \u00a0 \u00a0 Edward of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
\n52 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ralph \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 91 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0King Edward
\n58 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 RVW or maybe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 114 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Prince Edward
\n28 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02 x 14 for copying Bach \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a052 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Edward<\/span><\/p>\n

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Evidently the partsongs provide no corresponding number of bars, while the\u00a0112 bars leave no space to imitate Bach\u2019s trick. And switching to the modern\u00a0alphabet seems to make no difference. A search for authors is the next\u00a0step; but nothing in\u00a0Sweet Day<\/i>\u00a0refers to George (55) Herbert (73), and the\u00a0numbers of William (74) Shakespeare (103) do not embellish\u00a0O Mistress Mine<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0Willow Song<\/i>. The latter is signed 100 bass notes in 33 bars instead:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Francis Bacon<\/p>\n

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go to next chapter<\/a>\u00a0– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –<\/span>\u00a0back to the previous chapter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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