Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer
1872 – 1958
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Who was Ralph Vaughan Williams?
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song; this collecting activity influenced both his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, in which he included many folk song arrangements as hymn tunes, and several of his own original compositions.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1872
Down Ampney - Also known as
- Vaughan Williams
- Ralph Vaught Williams
- R. Vaughn Williams
- Ralph Vaughn Williams
- R. Vaughan Williams
- Ralph
- Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ralph Williams
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ursula Vaughan Williams
(1953/02/07 - 1958/08/26) - Adeline Fisher Vaughan Williams
(1897/10/09 - 1951/05/10)
- Ursula Vaughan Williams
- Religion
- Agnosticism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal College of Music
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Charterhouse School
- University of Cambridge
- Employment
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Died
- Aug 26, 1958
London - Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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