Vaughan Williams, Ralph
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958), English composer who was deeply interested in the folk song tradition. Among his many settings in English were ‘Linden Lea’ (1901), to words by W.
Barnes; ‘Silent Noon’, from D. G.
Rossetti's The House of Life; Songs of Travel from R. L.
Stevenson; the
Housman cycle,
On Wenlock Edge (1909); and
Five Mystical Songs to poems by G.
Herbert. He also made settings of
Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Whitman, and the
Ten Blake Songs (1957). In
An Oxford Elegy (1949; words from Arnold's ‘
The Scholar-Gipsy’ and ‘
Thyrsis’) he combines speaker, chorus and orchestra. Vaughan Williams contributed to the liberation of English opera in
Hugh the Drover (1924), much influenced by folk-song;
Riders to the Sea (1937) is a setting of
Synge's tragedy; and
The Pilgrim's Progress (1951) is based on
Bunyan.
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Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895-1958.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams 1895-1958. Edited by Hugh...editing letters to and from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Enthusiasts of the composer...V. W.: A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams by his second wife Ursula...
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A Catalogue of the Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Assessing the contribution of Ralph Vaughan Williams to British music has never...Character and the Reception of Ralph Vaughan Williams," at the problems inherent...Biblical Texts in the Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams," Adams discusses the paradox...
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...October, at the age of 96, of Ursula Vaughan Williams, widow of Ralph Vaughan Williams, removed the last surviving link with...the other, and yet they could only be by Ralph Vaughan Williams. That is the measure of a great and true...
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"O THOU TRANSCENDENT": THE LIFE OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...TRANSCENDENT": THE LIFE OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS * Tamas Vasary, cond; Sian...documentary that all admirers of Vaughan Williams will want to own-or at least...voice. For those who consider Vaughan Williams to be one of the greatest half...
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Classical: The slow task of unlearning Why, despite a precocious start, did it take Ralph Vaughan Williams so long to discover his own voice in his compositions? BAYAN NORTHCOTT finds an explanation in the early chamber music, which has only recently been released
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...catalogue of all the music Ralph Vaughan Williams is known to have written...quantities since his death. In Vaughan Williams's case, items that had reached...quartet. In his later years, Vaughan Williams certainly liked to claim in...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Portrait of a genius driven by emotion ; Ralph Vaughan Williams was a great English composer, creating rousing and sweeping melodies that summed up everything that was wonderful about this green and pleasant land.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 5/24/2008; 527 words
; Ralph Vaughan Williams was a great English composer, creating...Bridcut's film brilliantly juxtaposed Vaughan Williams' music with events in his life...that carried them on for 15 years. Vaughan Williams stayed with his crippled wife until...
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Arts: The difference a war makes How do you distil the experiences of war into music? A concert series featuring the work of First World War composers such as Arthur Bliss and Ralph Vaughan Williams has the answers.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...chapters on Vaughan Williams' war, it becomes obvious...the First World War, Vaughan Williams was walking along the...arrest. `Why?' asked Ralph, puzzled. `Maps...for the enemy.'" Vaughan Williams was escorted to the...
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THE MAN WHO SET ENGLAND TO MUSIC ; His 'The Lark Ascending' has just been voted the most popular classical work by the listeners of Classic FM. Andy McSmith looks at the inf luences that shaped one of Britain's greatest composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams ++ 20th-century music
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...up, scribble the address "R Vaughan Williams - White Gates", and have them...Common. During his lifetime, Ralph Vaughan Williams shrugged off formal recognition...allowed the King to make him "Sir Ralph". Even in 1935 when a choir...
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O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams / (TPDVD/Naxos)
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 3/15/2008; ; 397 words
; CLASSICAL O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (TPDVD/Naxos) Vaughan Williams was a towering figure in British music. His passionate nature and spirituality of his music...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Why VW is a British folk hero; THE MODEST MASTER: Ralph Vaughan Williams after serving in the First World War.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/24/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: David Mellor Vaughan Williams: Collectors Edition EMI (30 CDs) ?43.99 inc p&...6 etc EMI (two CDs) ?11.99 inc p&p **** Ralph Vaughan Williams died 50 years ago next Tuesday. A modest man who eschewed...
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ralph Vaughan Williams The English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was a proponent of nationalism in...the English folk song. The son of a clergyman, Ralph Vaughan Williams was born at Down Ampney in Gloucestershire on Oct...
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Williams, Ralph Vaughan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Williams, Ralph Vaughan. See Vaughan Williams, Ralph .
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958). English composer, who believed passionately in the need for direct communication with his audience. Vaughan Williams studied composition with Charles Wood at Cambridge and with Parry...
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Vaughan Williams, Ursula
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Vaughan Williams, Ursula ( b Valletta, 1911). Eng. poet and librettist. Married composer Ralph Vaughan Williams 1953. For him wrote many texts incl. that for The Bridal Day...
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Maconchy, Elizabeth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...sympathetic to her ambitions was Ralph Vaughan Williams, a member of the school's...Anderson, when she graduated, Williams wrote in her final evaluation...only slightly influenced by Vaughan Williams; the evocations of the English...
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