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Serenade to Music, Vaughan Williams
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Classical music inspired by Shakespeare
13. Serenade to Music, Vaughan Williams
"Soft stillness and the night / Become the touches of sweet harmony." This beautiful text, set at the beginning and the end of Vaughan Williams' piece, are taken from Act V, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice. The piece was first performed in 1938.
