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Symphony No. 2 A London Symphony (1911–13; revised 1918, 1920 and 1933) Symphony No. 3 Pastoral Symphony (1921) Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1931–34) Symphony No. 5 in D major (1938–43) Symphony No. 6 in E minor (1944–47, rev. 1950) Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia antartica (1949–52) (partly based on his music for the film Scott of the Antarctic)
Vaughan Williams c. 1920. Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (/ ˌ r eɪ f v ɔː n ˈ w ɪ l j ə m z / ⓘ RAYF vawn WIL-yəmz; [1] [n 1] 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. . His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty yea
Symphony No. 8 (Vaughan Williams) Symphony No. 9 (Vaughan Williams) This page was last edited on 5 April 2013, at 21:16 (UTC). Text is ...
The symphony was composed from 1912 to 1913. It is dedicated to Vaughan Williams's friend and fellow composer George Butterworth (1885–1916) who was subsequently killed by a sniper on the Somme during World War I. [7] It was Butterworth who had first encouraged Vaughan Williams to write a purely orchestral symphony. [8] Vaughan Williams ...
Sinfonia antartica ("Antarctic Symphony") is the Italian title given by Ralph Vaughan Williams to his seventh symphony, first performed in 1953. It drew on incidental music the composer had written for the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic .
Vaughan Williams in 1955. The Symphony No. 9 in E minor was the last symphony written by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.He composed it during 1956 and 1957, and it was given its premiere performance in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on 2 April 1958, in the composer's eighty-sixth year.
At approximately 70 minutes, A Sea Symphony is the longest of all Vaughan Williams's symphonies. Although it represents a departure from the traditional Germanic symphonic tradition of the time, it follows a fairly standard symphonic outline: fast introductory movement, slow movement, scherzo, and finale.
Symphonies by Ralph Vaughan Williams (9 P) Pages in category "Compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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