ations ▁of ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Job ▁( 1 8 2 6 ). ▁The ▁score ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁nine ▁sections ▁and ▁an ▁ep ilog ue , ▁present ing ▁dance ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁Bla ke ' s ▁eng rav ings . ▁The ▁work , ▁ch ore ograph ed ▁by ▁Nin ette ▁de ▁Val ois , ▁made ▁a ▁powerful ▁impression ▁at ▁its ▁early ▁stag ings , ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁rev ived ▁by ▁the ▁Royal ▁Bal let ▁several ▁times . ▁Kennedy ▁ranks ▁the ▁score ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁might iest ▁achiev ements ", ▁and ▁notes ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁familiar ▁in ▁concert ▁program mes , ▁having ▁" the ▁stat ure ▁and ▁coh es ion ▁of ▁a ▁sym phony ." ▁ ▁In ▁Kennedy ' s ▁view ▁the ▁one - act ▁R iders ▁to ▁the ▁Sea ▁( 1 9 2 5 – 1 9 3 1 , ▁premier ed ▁ 1 9 3 7 ) ▁is ▁artist ically ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁most ▁successful ▁opera ; ▁S aylor ▁names ▁Sir ▁John ▁in ▁Love ▁for ▁that ▁distinction , ▁but ▁rates ▁R iders ▁to ▁the ▁Sea ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁fin est ▁works ▁in ▁any ▁genre . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁almost ▁verb at im ▁setting ▁of ▁J . ▁M . ▁Syn ge ' s ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁play ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁dep ict ing ▁family ▁tra ged y ▁in ▁an ▁Irish ▁fish ing ▁village . ▁Kennedy ▁describes ▁the ▁score ▁as ▁" organ ized ▁almost ▁sym