Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Drawing on the influences of English folk song and Tudor polyphony, Ralph succeeded at reviving British ...

In one of the twin beds lay Ralph Vaughan Williams - already acclaimed as one of the finest composers ever to emerge in Britain. In the other lay his wife of 48 years, Adeline. And in between them ...

Charles Frend’s Scott of the Antarctic starring John Mills came out in 1948, complete with a score by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Britain’s greatest living composer expanded on his thematic ideas to ...

WAYNE, PA — In an exciting commencement to its 2024-25 season, the Wayne Oratorio Society is set to present Ralph Vaughan ...

The melody was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the early 20th century, and Vaughan Williams included “Sussex Carol” in his Fantasia on Christmas Carols from 1912, even before it was ...

O ct. 12—RADNOR — The Wayne Oratorio Society is presenting "A Sea Symphony" by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Wayne Presbyterian Church at Lancaster and North Wayne avenues in Wayne on Nov. 2 ...

Ralph McTell was born Ralph May, on December 3, 1944, in Farnborough in Kent. Named after another musical Ralph – his father worked as a gardener for the composer (Ralph) Vaughan Williams ...

The Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming “Friends, Violists, Countrymen” program, featuring a viola concerto played ...

Vaughan Williams Today continues BBC Radio 3’s celebrations marking 150 years since Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth. Special programming throughout October explores the life and music of one of ...

The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams, eminent British composer, and his second wife Ursula are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, near the graves of Herbert Howells and Charles ...

Vaughan Williams was from a wealthy, well connected family. He was born in Gloucestershire. His father was a clergyman, his great uncle was biologist Charles Darwin, and writer Bertrand Russell ...