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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal compositions, and orchestral works, including nine symphonies written over a period of more than sixty years. Influenced by Tudor music and English folk song, his compositions contributed to the development of a distinctively English style of classical music in the early 20th century. Vaughan Williams was born into a well-to-do family with progressive social views. Throughout his life he expressed a belief that music should be accessible to a wide audience and wrote many works intended for amateur and student performers. His development as a composer was gradual, and he did not establish his mature style until his late thirties. His studies with the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1907–1908 influenced his orchestration and helped him refine the textures of his music. Vaughan Williams is regarded as one of the leading British symphonists. His orchestral works include compositions with a wide range of musical character and atmosphere. Among his best known concert works are "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" (1910) and "The Lark Ascending" (1914). His vocal music includes hymns, arrangements of folk songs, and large-scale choral works. Between 1919 and 1951 he composed eight stage works. Although his operas have not become standard repertoire, his ballet "Job: A Masque for Dancing" (1930) achieved lasting success
top songs
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The Lark Ascending
202,6222Fantasia on Greensleeves
120,2313Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
53,08146 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land"
35,4145Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
23,05966 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 4, Lento "She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold"
16,83176 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 2, Andante sostenuto "Spurn Point"
15,2008Greensleeves
15,1909Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: Opening (Excerpt)
12,94810Vaughan Williams: Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue
12,047albums
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody / In the Fen Country / Concerto Grosso
Greensleeves
Symphony No. 5
Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job / The Lark Ascending
Fantasia on Greensleeves
The Lark Ascending
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Symphonies 5 and 6
Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony
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Hall Of Fame 2000
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending; Tallis Fantasia
Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works