Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (1872–1958) was an influential English composer. Vaughan Williams was born on 12th October 1872 in Down Ampney, a village in the Cotswolds. After attending Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a student at the Royal College of Music; he later studied with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. He served as a lieutenant in World War I, having volunteered for the Field Ambulance Service; the appalling carnage affected him deeply, as did the deaths of close friends such as George Butterworth.

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    "Sea Songs"

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    'The Call' from Five Mystical Songs

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    ...II. Andante moderato

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    ...II. Moderato

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    ...III. Scherzo - Allegro molto

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    ...III. Scherzo - Allegro vivace

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    ...IV. Epilogue - Moderato

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    ...IV. Finale con epilog fugato - Allegro molto

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    5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus

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    5 Variants On Dives And Lazarus (opening)

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