Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Born
12 October 1872
Born In
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Died
26 August 1958 (aged 85)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (1872–1958) was an influential English composer. Vaughan Williams was born on 12th October 1872 in Down Ampney, a village in the Cotswolds. After attending Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a student at the Royal College of Music; he later studied with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. He served as a lieutenant in World War I, having volunteered for the Field Ambulance Service; the appalling carnage affected him deeply, as did the deaths of close friends such as George Butterworth. He wrote nine symphonies between… read more
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (1872–1958) was an influential English composer. Vaughan Williams was born on 12th October 1872 in Down Ampney, a village in the Cotswolds. After attending Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a student at the Royal College of Music; he lat… read more
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (1872–1958) was an influential English composer. Vaughan Williams was born on 12th October 1872 in Down Ampney, a village in the Cotswolds. After attending Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a student at the Royal College of Music; he later studied with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. He serve… read more

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1 Play track Greensleeves The Lark Ascending
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2 The Collector's Edition Prelude: 49th Parallel
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3 Play track VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody / In the Fen Country / Concerto Grosso Fantasia on Greensleeves
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4 Play track The Lark Ascending Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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5 Play track The Collector's Edition Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
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6 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land" 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land"
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7 Play track Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
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8 English Folk Song Suite: 1. March: Seventeen Come Sunday English Folk Song Suite: 1. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
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9 Vaughan Williams: Job & Variations for Orchestra Vaughan Williams: Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue
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10 Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, Phantasy Quintet, Six Studies in English Folk Songs & String Quartet No. 2 Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk-Song: No. 2, Andante sostenuto
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    9 Jul 2003 · 9 tracks

    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody / In the Fen Country / Concerto Grosso
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    1997 · 3 tracks

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    8 Apr 1997 · 10 tracks

    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job / The Lark Ascending
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  4. 20,431 listeners

    1 Oct 1972 · 4 tracks

    Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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