Today marks the 150th birthday of one of England's most revered composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who is also widely beloved beyond Britain. A folksong expert who logged long trips collecting ...

Vaughan Williams and His World, the 33rd Bard festival, argued during its first weekend that he was a composer who intended his art to be of use, who saw his search for beauty through music as a ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams understood what his fate was likely to be. “Every composer cannot expect to have a worldwide message, but he may reasonably expect to have a special message for his own ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams was one of the most innovative and creative figures in twentieth-century music, whose symphonies stand alongside those of Sibelius, Nielsen, Shostakovich, and Roussel.

Wiki Ralph (pronounced /ˈreɪf/) Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores.

Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of our country's greatest ever composers. Born 150 years ago in 1872, he is known for creating a sense of Englishness in twentieth century music by drawing on his ...

Ursula Vaughan Williams, 96, who wrote librettos for her composer husband and after his death wrote his biography, died Tuesday in London, said Gwen Knighton of the English Folk Dance and Song ...

The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 150 years ago on Oct. 12, is one of those rare artists who are more often loved than deeply known. A few of his pieces—the lush setting of ...

Part two in our series looking at composers and how WW1 impacted their lives and work. We continue with Ralph Vaughan Williams and look at his time spent on the Eastern Front.

Ralph Vaughan Williams Vaughan Williams's (born October 12, 1872; August 26, 1958) The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' and Tallis Fantasia are amongst the most popular works by any British ...

The vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams In reviving local and popular musical traditions, the composer found haunting new expressions of Englishness.

Classical host, Cale Wiggins, explores the life of composers who fought in World War 1 and kicks off the series with Ralph Vaughan Williams.