Vaughan Williams was captivated by this prose and the relationship between birdsong and human song, deciding to use the violin as the best medium for both voices. The image of the Lark ascending onto ...

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 ...

Two years after Adeline's death in 1951, Ursula and Ralph Vaughan Williams married, and she became his literary collaborator and the duster of his musical reputation for the rest of his life, and ...

He died five years later following cranial surgery. Some biographers have concluded he was gay, though British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams claimed he took him to a Parisian brothel.

Ralph Vaughan Williams's RIDERS TO THE SEA (Homens ao Mar) Opens Theatro Sao Pedro 2024 Season By Claudio Erlichman. The production runs from March 1st through 10th, with a free performance ...

Ursula Vaughan Williams, the widow of composer Ralph, lived at No. 69, journalist and jazz musician George Melly at 55, and the writer Alice Thomas-Ellis at No. 22.

The English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) was a man of contradictions. Though born with what he called 'a very small silver spoon' in his mouth, he did more than anyone to preserve ...

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: Complicated, but Not Quite Conservative The English composer deserves a fresh assessment as the world does (and doesn’t) observe the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Vaughan Williams was born into a life of privilege on October 12, 1872, in Down Ampney, Glos. He was just two when his father, vicar at the local church, died.

Vaughan Williams volunteered for the Great War, aged 42, lying about his age, saying he was 39. He joined the Royal Medical Corps but was not best suited to regimental life.