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Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 Oct 1872 - 26 Aug 1958)

Male Person - United Kingdom English composer

 Also known as (3)

Releases (26)

Official

Album

  1. Job - A Masque for Dancing 1984
  2. Dona nobis pacem / Mass in G minor / O Clap Your Hands 1989
  3. Tallis Fantasia, The Lark Ascending, Greensleeves Fantasia, In The Fen Country, Partita 1991
  4. Toward The Unknown Region / Dona Nobis Pacem / O Clap Your Hands / Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge / Four Hymns 1993
  5. A Vaughan Williams Hymnal 1996
  6. Unforgettable Classics 1999
  7. Mass in G minor (Elora Festival Singers feat. conductor: Noel Edison, organist: Thomas Fitches) Oct 2001
  8. Willow-Wood / The Sons of Light / Toward the Unknown Region / Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus 31 Oct 2005
  9. Film Music, Volume 1 05 Jan 2007
  10. Flos Campi / Suite for Viola and Orchestra 11 Feb 2007
  11. The Lark Ascending 2008
  12. The Best of Vaughan Williams 2008
  13. Fair Child of Beauty Feb 2016
  14. Vaughan Williams on Brass 05 Aug 2022
  15. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  16. British Classics IV

Album - Compilation

  1. The World of Vaughan Williams 1990 (as Vaughan Williams)
  2. The Lark Ascending 15 Apr 1997
  3. The Ultimate Collection 02 Feb 1998 (as Vaughan Williams)
  4. British Composers: Vaughan Williams 01 Oct 2001
  5. The Lark Ascending: The Timeless Music of Vaughan Williams 2003
  6. The Collector’s Edition 28 Apr 2008 (as Vaughan Williams)
  7. Complete Symphonies May 2008
  8. The Essential Vaughan Williams 08 Jul 2008

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Scott of the Antarctic 21 Oct 2013

Relationships (6)

Students

  1. Frederick Joseph Page (1935 - 1938)
  2. Herbert Menges
  3. Peggy Glanville-Hicks
  4. Esther Rofe
  5. Stanley Bate

Married

  1. Ursula Vaughan Williams (Feb 1953)

Recordings by (600)

  1. Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis ?:?? (Sep 1958)
  2. Fantasia on "Greensleeves" 5:27 (1970)
  3. English Folk Song Suite 10:28 (1970)
  4. Fantasia on Greensleeves From Sir John in Love 1:16 (1977)
  5. Suite for Pipes, Intrada 3:11 (1977)
  6. Suite for Pipes, Minuet 3:04 (1977)
  7. Suite for Pipes, Valse 2:48 (1977)
  8. Suite for Pipes, Finale (Jig) 1:42 (1977)
  9. Sea Songs 4:01 (1984)
  10. Scene I: Introduction - Pastoral Dance - Satan's Appeal to God - Saraband of the Sons of God 10:41 (1984)
  11. Scene II: Satan's Dance of Triumph 3:33 (1984)
  12. ...Scene III, Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives 4:36 (1984)
  13. Scene IV, Job's Dream, Dance of the Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle 4:30 (1984)
  14. Scene V - Dance of the Three Messengers 5:24 (1984)
  15. Scene VI, Dance of Job's Comfortoers, Job's Curse, A Vision of Satan 5:21 (1984)
  16. Scene VII: Elihu's dance of youth and beauty - Pavane of the Sons of the Morning 5:48 (1984)
  17. Scene VIII: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning - Altar dance and heavenly pavane 5:09 (1984)
  18. Scene IX: Epilogue 3:17 (1984)
  19. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: I. First Movement: Fantasia (Variazioni Senza Tema) 11:09 (1986)
  20. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: II. Second Movement: Scherzo Alla Marcia 3:55 (1986)
  21. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: III. Third Movement: Cavatina 8:35 (1986)
  22. Symphony No. 8 In D Minor: IV. Fourth Movement: Toccata 4:44 (1986)
  23. Symphony No. 9 In E Minor: I. First Movement: Moderato Maestoso 9:13 (1986)
  24. Symphony No. 9 In E Minor: II. Second Movement: Andante Sostento 7:46 (1986)
  25. Symphony No. 9 In E Minor: III. Third Movement: Scherzo (Allegro Pesante) 5:40 (1986)
  26. Symphony No. 9 In E Minor: IV. Fourth Movement: Andante Tranquillo 12:05 (1986)
  27. Serenade to Music 13:18 (1987)
  28. In the Fen Country 13:55 (1987)
  29. The Lark Ascending 14:46 (1987)
  30. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 10:18 (1987)
  31. English Folk Song Suite 8:51 (1987)
  32. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' 4:33 (1987)
  33. On Wenlock Edge꞉ On Wenlock Edge 3:49 (1987)
  34. On Wenlock Edge꞉ From Far, From Eve And Morning 2:00 (1987)
  35. On Wenlock Edge꞉ Is My Team Ploughing? 3:35 (1987)
  36. On Wenlock Edge꞉ Oh, When I Was In Love With You 0:45 (1987)
  37. On Wenlock Edge꞉ Bredon Hill (In Summertime On Bredon) 7:08 (1987)
  38. On Wenlock Edge꞉ Clun 3:07 (1987)
  39. Song Of Travel꞉ The Vagabond 3:02 (1987)
  40. Song Of Travel꞉ Let Beauty Awake 1:41 (1987)
  41. Song Of Travel꞉ The Roadside Fire 2:20 (1987)
  42. Song Of Travel꞉ Youth And Love 3:17 (1987)
  43. Song Of Travel꞉ In Dreams 2:36 (1987)
  44. Song Of Travel꞉ The Infinite Shining Heavens 2:06 (1987)
  45. Song Of Travel꞉ Whither Must I Wander? 3:49 (1987)
  46. Song Of Travel꞉ Bright Is The Ring Of Words 1:54 (1987)
  47. Song Of Travel꞉ I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope 2:04 (1987)
  48. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' 4:14 (1987)
  49. Fantasia on Greensleeves 4:31 (1988)
  50. An Oxford Elegy 22:11 (1989)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. O Little Town of Bethlehem 3:21 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (17 Sep 1984)
  2. O Little Town of Bethlehem 4:09 Thomas Armstrong, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, George Guest (1986)
  3. Wassail Song 2:41 The Bach Choir, Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble, Sir David Willcocks (28 Oct 1992)
  4. Children's Christmas Song ?:?? The Guelph Chamber Choir, Guelph Children Singers (1994)
  5. Greensleeves 2:01 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Ron Spigelman (1995)
  6. Wassail Song 3:04 May Festival Chorus (2000)
  7. A Virgin Most Pure 2:57 The Snowdown Male Voice Choir, Michael Lewis (2000)
  8. This Is the Truth Sent From Above 2:39 The King’s Singers (20 Oct 2003)
  9. O Little Town of Bethlehem 3:15 Guildford Cathedral Choir (15 Oct 2007)
  10. Just as the Tide Was Flowing 2:15 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  11. An Acre of Land 1:33 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  12. The Cuckoo and the Nightingale 2:02 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  13. The Dark-Eyed Sailor 2:08 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  14. Down by the Riverside 1:34 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  15. Ca' the Yowes 4:20 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  16. A Farmer's Son So Sweet 1:36 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  17. Wassail Song 2:34 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  18. John Dory 2:25 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  19. Ward the Pirate 2:47 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  20. Greensleeves 5:07 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  21. The Turtle Dove 2:50 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  22. My Boy Billy 2:15 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  23. The Spring Time of the Year 2:49 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  24. The Jolly Ploughboy 1:08 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  25. The Painful Plough 3:52 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)
  26. Loch Lomond 3:14 Deller Consort, Desmond Dupré, Alfred Deller (2008)

Conducted

  1. Symphony No.4 in F minor - 1. Allegro 8:16 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (2002)
  2. Symphony No.4 in F minor - 3. Scherzo: Allegro molto 4:58 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (2002)
  3. Symphony No.4 in F minor - 4. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto 8:00 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (2002)
  4. Symphony No.4 in F minor - 2. Andante moderato 8:29 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (2002)
  5. Symphony no. 4 in F minor: Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto 7:57 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jul 2007)
  6. Symphony no. 4 in F minor: Andante moderato 8:41 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jul 2007)
  7. Symphony no. 4 in F minor: Scherzo: Allegro molto 5:02 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jul 2007)
  8. Symphony no. 4 in F minor: Allegro 8:10 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jul 2007)
  9. Dona nobis pacem: VI. O Man Greatly Beloved 7:41 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jan 2012)
  10. Dona nobis pacem: I. Agnus Dei 3:25 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jan 2012)
  11. Dona nobis pacem: IV. Dirge for Two Veterans 10:20 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jan 2012)
  12. Dona nobis pacem: III. Reconciliation 6:51 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jan 2012)
  13. Dona nobis pacem: II. Beat! Beat! Drums! 3:59 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jan 2012)
  14. Dona nobis pacem: V. The Angel of Death has been abroad 3:06 BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Jan 2012)
  15. Oriana's First Meeting With Scott 1:19 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  16. Distant Glacier 2:07 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  17. End Titles 2:38 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  18. Scott on the Glacier 2:23 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  19. Ice Floes 4:48 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  20. Descending the Glacier 2:36 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  21. Blizzard 2:02 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  22. The Deaths of Evans and Oates 5:17 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)
  23. The Return 1:41 Ralph Vaughan Williams (21 Oct 2013)

Vocals

  1. Speech by Vaughan Williams 1:22 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1995) spoken vocals

Credited as (514)

  1. Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2. Vaughan Williams
  3. Elgar, Vaughan Williams; Hilary Hahn, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
  4. Elgar, Vaughan Williams; Kennedy, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  5. Ralph Vaughan Williams; James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook, The Fitzwilliam String Quartet
  6. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best, English Chamber Orchestra
  7. Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Igor Stravinsky; Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
  8. Vaughan Williams; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
  9. Elgar, Vaughan Williams; Sir John Barbirolli
  10. Ralph Vaughan Williams; London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  11. Vaughan Williams, Holst, Bax; George Weldon, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
  12. Holst, Walton, Vaughan Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
  13. Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
  14. Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  15. Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Béla Bartók; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, Carmen Pelton, Richard Clement, Nathan Gunn
  16. Ralph Vaughan Williams; The London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
  17. Ralph Vaughan Williams; The London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, Kenneth Sillito
  18. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Choir, Norman Del Mar, George Hurst, Frederick Riddle
  19. Ralph Vaughan Williams; London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bryden Thomson, Catherine Bott
  20. Vaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
  21. Vaughan Williams; Sheila Armstrong, John Carol Case, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
  22. Vaughan Williams; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
  23. Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Butterworth; Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Vernon Handley
  24. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Richard Hickox Singers, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  25. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten; Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
  26. Vaughan Williams, Tavener; Nicola Benedetti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
  27. Vaughan Williams; Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  28. Elgar, Vaughan Williams; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  29. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Mahler, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Henri Duparc; Dietrich Henschel, Fritz Schwinghammer
  30. Ralph Vaughan Williams; English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
  31. Ralph Vaughan Williams; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd
  32. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Mark Padmore, Schubert Ensemble
  33. Vaughan Williams; London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, Howard Shelley
  34. Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Royal Opera Chorus, Richard Hickox, Gerald Finley
  35. Johann Sebastian Bach / Ralph Vaughan Williams
  36. Ralph Vaughan Williams; London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
  37. Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten; Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
  38. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Barry Griffiths, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn
  39. Bax, Vaughan Williams; Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
  40. Vaughan Williams, Delius; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
  41. Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Quilter, Graham Peel; Sir Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons
  42. Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
  43. Tchaikowsky, Vaughan Williams; Susanna Yoko Henkel, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Jonathan Darlington
  44. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան, John Williams, Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist; Øystein Baadsvik, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Anne Manson
  45. Vaughan Williams; Marriner, Boult, Wordsworth
  46. Vaughan Williams; Sir Adrian Boult
  47. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alison Barlow, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
  48. Ralph Vaughan Williams; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
  49. Vaughan Williams; Felicity Lott, Jonathan Summers, London Philharmonic Choir, The London Philharmonic, Bernard Haitink
  50. Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish
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Works (1,384)

Arranged

  1. Réveillez-vous, Piccars (1903)
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Composed

  1. Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra (1896 - 1902)
  2. Serenade in A minor (1897 - 1898)
  3. The Garden of Proserpine (1897 - 1899)
  4. Quintet in D major (1898)
  5. Quintet in D major: I. Allegro moderato (1898)
  6. Quintet in D major: II. Intermezzo: Allegretto (1898)
  7. Quintet in D major: III. Andantino (1898)
  8. Quintet in D major: IV. Finale: Allegro molto (1898)
  9. Bucolic Suite (1900 - 1901)
  10. The Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue (1900)
  11. Songs of Travel: III. The Roadside Fire (1901 - 1904)
  12. Songs of Travel: IV. Youth and Love (1901 - 1904)
  13. Songs of Travel: IX. I have trod the upward and the downward slope (1901 - 1904)
  14. Songs of Travel: V. In Dreams (1901 - 1904)
  15. Songs of Travel: VI. The infinite shining heavens (1901 - 1904)
  16. Songs of Travel: VII. Whither must I wander (1901 - 1904)
  17. Songs of Travel: VIII. Bright is the ring of words (1901 - 1904)
  18. Songs of Travel (1901 - 1904)
  19. Songs of Travel: I. The Vagabond (1901 - 1904)
  20. Songs of Travel: II. Let beauty awake (1901 - 1904)
  21. Linden Lea (1901)
  22. Linden Lea (1901)
  23. Orpheus With His Lute (1901)
  24. Songs of Travel: VI. The infinite shining heavens (1901 - 1904)
  25. Songs of Travel: III. The Roadside Fire (1901 - 1904)
  26. Songs of Travel: IV. Youth and Love (1901 - 1904)
  27. Songs of Travel: I. The Vagabond (1901 - 1904)
  28. Songs of Travel: II. Let beauty awake (1901 - 1904)
  29. The Solent (1902 - 1903)
  30. If I Were a Queen (1902)
  31. The House of Life (1903)
  32. Sound Sleep (1903)
  33. Sound Sleep (1903)
  34. Think of Me (1903)
  35. Adieu (1903)
  36. Piano Quintet in C minor: I. Allegro con fuoco (1903)
  37. Piano Quintet in C minor: III. Fantasia (quasi variazioni). Moderato (1903)
  38. Piano Quintet in C minor: II. Andante (1903)
  39. Piano Quintet in C minor (1903)
  40. The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon (1903)
  41. The House of Life, No. 6: Love's Last Gift (1903)
  42. The House of Life, No. 5: Death in Love (1903)
  43. The House of Life, No. 4: Heart's Haven (1903)
  44. The House of Life, No. 1: Love-Sight (1903)
  45. The House of Life, No. 3: Love's Minstrels (1903)
  46. Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony" (1903 - 1904)
  47. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ia. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Behold, the sea itself (1903 - 1909)
  48. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ib. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Today a rude brief recitative (1903 - 1909)
  49. Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": Ic. A Song for All Seas, All Ships: Flaunt out, O sea, your separate flags of nations! (1903 - 1909)
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Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102609
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79139255
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79139255
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900779b
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1002160
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118643118
  7. https://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3503.html
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL453646A
  9. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67p8x4w

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Vaughan_Williams,_Ralph

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Discogs

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Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000204681

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  1. https://vgmdb.net/artist/27284

Imdb

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VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/89801735

Wikidata

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Biographies

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/vwilliams.html

BBC Music

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