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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
Fantasia on "Greensleeves" for strings and harp, adapted from Sir John in Love by Ralph Greaves (1889-1966) in 1934; The Poisoned Kiss, or The Empress and the Necromancer (1927–29; revisions 1936–37 and 1956–57). Romantic Extravaganza in 3 acts, with libretto by Evelyn Sharp (later amended by Ralph and Ursula Vaughan Williams)
Concertante works by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1 C, 3 P) F. ... Linden Lea; M. My Bonny Boy; N. Norfolk Rhapsodies; R. Romance for viola and piano (Vaughan Williams) S ...
The well-known Middle High German poem Under der linden by Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1200) describes a tryst between a maid and a knight under a linden tree. Commentary on the folk song " Liebesprobe " states, "The linden tree plays a key role in these songs; at eventide, the lovers caress in its shade, it is their favourite tree, and ...
The archive brings together 19 collections from noted archivists, including Lucy Broadwood, Percy Grainger, Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams. [1] The project has been divided into two parts. The first part of the project involved making manuscript collections available to the public in a searchable online database.
Five Tudor Portraits (1935), by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is a work scored for contralto (or mezzo-soprano), baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra.It sets several poems, or extracts from poems, by the 15th/16th-century poet John Skelton, portraying five characters with a mixture of satire, compassion, acerbity and earthy humour.
Ten Blake Songs is a song cycle for tenor or soprano voice and oboe composed over the Christmas period of 1957 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), for the 1958 film The Vision of William Blake by Guy Brenton for Morse Films. [1]
[159] [157] Although he was aged over 40 at the start of the war, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, one unit of which was based in the town. [158] Of the many soldiers from Dorking who died during World War I, the youngest was Valentine Strudwick. He was born in Falkland Road on 14 February 1900 and ...