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    Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (/ˌreɪf vɔːn ˈwɪljəmz/ RAYF vawn WIL-yəmz; 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas...
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    Ascending is a short, single-movement work by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, inspired by the 1881 poem of the same name by the English writer...
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  • and biographer of her second husband, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Ursula Vaughan Williams was born in Valletta, Malta, where her father, Major...
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    This is a list of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (1910–14; revised 1924, 1933, 1956). Romantic ballad opera...
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  • work for soprano, baritone, chorus and large orchestra written by Ralph Vaughan Williams between 1903 and 1909. The first and longest of his nine symphonies...
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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote his Symphony No. 5 in D major between 1938 and 1943. In style it represents a shift away from the violent dissonance of his...
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  • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (category Compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
    Tallis Fantasia, is a one-movement work for string orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The theme is by the 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis...
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    Dona nobis pacem (English: Grant us peace) is a cantata written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936 and first performed on 2 October of that year. The work...
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  • Vaughan Williams (1872–1958). Other people named Vaughan Williams include: Edward Vaughan Williams (1797–1875), English judge, grandfather of Ralph Vaughan...
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  • antartica ("Antarctic Symphony") is the Italian title given by Ralph Vaughan Williams to his seventh symphony, first performed in 1953. It drew on incidental...
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