At age six Ralph Vaughan Williams began music studies with his aunt. He furthered his education at the Royal College of Music where he received lessons from two fine English composers of the previous ...
It may not be "Roll over Beethoven" time just yet but it definitely is out the backdoor for Bach when it comes to British classical music tastes. Ralph (pronounced /ˈreɪf/) Vaughan Williams OM (12 ...
English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) served as an ambulance driver during WW I. Inspired by the paradox of witnessing beautiful sunsets over killing fields in northern France, he ...
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One of my favorite pieces of music is Vaughan William's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. The other day, however, I did something I rarely take time to do. I stopped working on anything, set aside ...
Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) isn’t just one of the most important 20th-century British composers; he is one of the supreme figures of 20th-century music. Yet, though he ...
FARGO — When Sonja Bosca-Harasim steps on stage Saturday night as the soloist for the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra concert, she’ll play Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending” for the first ...
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 6 may be the most remarkable piece you’ve never heard. On Friday morning, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra gave its first-ever performance of the English composer ...