Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer (1872-1958) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Died at 85
Ralph Vaughan Williams 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 years.
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Leith Hill Place, Surrey, Vaughan Williams's childhood home
Hubert Parry, Vaughan Williams's first composition teacher at the Royal College of Music
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Vaughan Williams in 1898
Vaughan Williams lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, from 1905 to 1929
Maurice Ravel in 1906
The Pilgrim's Progress - inspiration to Vaughan Williams across forty-five years
Vaughan Williams signing the guest book at Yale University in 1954Awards
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Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century.
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Stephen KovacevichBoth received Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
Kathleen FerrierBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Claudio ArrauBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Pablo CasalsBoth received Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
Humphrey JenningsAlso in The Dim Little Island (1949)Osbert LancasterAlso in The Dim Little Island (1949)