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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Biography
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) 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 activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many folk song arrangements set as hymn tunes, and also influenced several of his own original compositions.
Works for Winds
- English Folk Song Suite (1924)
- Flourish for Wind Band (1939)
- Norfolk Rhapsody (tr. Robert O'Brien) (1905)
- Overture to "The Wasps" (tr. Frank Hudson) (1909)
- Rhosymedre (tr. by Beeler)
- Scherzo alla marcia from Symphony No. 8 in D minor (1953-5)
- Sea Songs (1925)
- Toccata Marziale (1924)
- Variations for Wind Band (trans. Hunsberger) (1957)
References
- Howes, Frank. (1954) The Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams Digital Text.
- Johnson, Luke D. (2008). An examination of the works of Mother Earth by David Maslanka, English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Symphony #1 In Memoriam Dresden – 1945 by Daniel Bukvich, and Concertino for B-flat clarinet by Carl Maria Von Weber, OP. 26/arranged by M.L. Lake. [Master's Thesis].
