Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Vaughan Williams was born to a well-to-do family with strong moral views and a progressive social outlook. Throughout his life he sought to be of service to his fellow citizens, and believed in making music as available as possible to everybody. He wrote many works for amateur and student performance. He was musically a late developer, not finding his true voice until his late thirties; his studies in 1907–1908 with the French composer Maurice Ravel helped him clarify the textures of his music and free it from Teutonic influences.
Vaughan Williams is among the best-known British symphonists, noted for his very wide range of moods, from stormy and impassioned to tranquil, from mysterious to exuberant. Among the most familiar of his other concert works are ''Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis'' (1910) and ''The Lark Ascending'' (1914). His vocal works include hymns, folk-song arrangements and large-scale choral pieces. He wrote eight works for stage performance between 1919 and 1951. Although none of his operas became popular repertoire pieces, his ballet ''Job: A Masque for Dancing'' (1930) was successful and has been frequently staged.
Two episodes made notably deep impressions in Vaughan Williams's personal life. The First World War, in which he served in the army, had a lasting emotional effect. Twenty years later, though in his sixties and devotedly married, he was reinvigorated by a love affair with a much younger woman, who later became his second wife. He went on composing through his seventies and eighties, producing his last symphony months before his death at the age of eighty-five. His works have continued to be a staple of the British concert repertoire, and all his major compositions and many of the minor ones have been recorded. Provided by Wikipedia
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Symphony no. 5 in D major ; Concerto for two pianos and orchestra / Vaughan Williams. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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A sea symphony / Ralph Vaughan Williams. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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String quartets ; Phantasy quintet / Vaughan Williams. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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Some thoughts on Beethoven's Choral symphony, with writings on other musical subjects / by Ralph Vaughan Williams. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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BBC Proms. [music by Ralph Vaughan Williams] ; [directors, Bridget Caldwell, John Kirby, Ian Russell, Rhian Williams, Matthew Woodward] ; [producer, Helen Mansfield] ; [director, Rhodri Huw] ; [BBC Productions]. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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BBC Proms. Vaughan Williams ; [producer, Caroline Speed] ; [director, Brian Large] ; [a BBC NVC Arts co-production in association with Teldec Classics International]. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
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BBC Proms. [music by Ralph Vaughan Williams] ; [words by George Herbert] ; [produced by Peter Maniura] ; [directed by Helen Mansfield]. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, Herbert, George, 1593-1633
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The planets / Holst. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis ; Fantasia on "Greensleeves" / Vaughan Williams. by Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934
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Scott of the Antarctic / produced by Michael Balcon ; directed by Charles Frend ; screenplay by Walter Meade, Ivor Montagu ; editor, Peter Tanner ; music composed by Vaughan Williams.
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BBC Proms 1993. last night of the Proms.
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49th parallel / Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Ltd. ; an Ortus Films production ; original story and screenplay by Emeric Pressburger ; scenario by Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger ; produced and directed by Michael Powell.
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Anthems from King's : English choral favourites.
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