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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) style was tonal and often evocative of the English countryside through the use of folk themes.

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Among his works are the orchestral Fantasia on a Theme By Thomas Tallis (1910); the opera Sir John in Love (1929), featuring the Elizabethan song "Greensleves"; and nine symphonies (1909-1957).

He studied at Cambridge, the Royal College of Music, and with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris.

His choral poems include Toward the read more...

Tags: composer, choral poems, film score, opera, symphony

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