Ralph Vaughan Williams

E38065

20th-century composer classical composer composer human symphonist

Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.

Aliases (1)

Vaughan Williams ×1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	20th-century composer → classical composer → composer → human → symphonist →
awardReceived	Order of Merit (United Kingdom) →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
collected	English folk songs →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1872-10-12 →
dateOfDeath	1958-08-26 →
educatedAt	Charterhouse School → Royal College of Music → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	Royal College of Music →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Vaughan Williams →
fieldOfWork	British ceremonial music → folk-inspired classical music →
genre	art song → chamber music → choral music → film score → opera → orchestral music → symphony →
givenName	Ralph →
hasInstrument	organ → violin →
influencedBy	English folk music → Thomas Tallis → Tudor church music →
militaryBranch	Royal Army Medical Corps →
movement	English musical renaissance → English pastoral school →
name	Ralph Vaughan Williams →
notableWork	A London Symphony → A Pastoral Symphony → A Sea Symphony → Dona nobis pacem → English Hymnal (music editor) → Fantasia on Greensleeves → Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis → Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus → Hodie → Hugh the Drover → Job: A Masque for Dancing → Mass in G minor → Riders to the Sea → Sancta Civitas → Serenade to Music → Sir John in Love → Symphony No. 4 in F minor → Symphony No. 5 in D major → Symphony No. 6 in E minor → Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia antartica" → Symphony No. 8 in D minor → Symphony No. 9 in E minor → The Lark Ascending → The Pilgrim’s Progress → The Wasps (suite) → Toward the Unknown Region →
occupation	composer → conductor → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Down Ampney → Gloucestershire NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	London →
positionHeld	president of the English Folk Dance and Song Society →
religion	agnosticism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Adeline Fisher → Ursula Wood →
studiedUnder	Charles Villiers Stanford → Hubert Parry → Maurice Ravel → Max Bruch →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ralph Vaughan Williams ("Vaughan Williams") →	familyName
Haileybury College →	hasAlumni
Royal College of Music →	hasNotableAlumni
Darwin family →	hasNotableMember
Herbert Howells →	influencedBy
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II →	musicBy
Ralph Vaughan Williams →	name
St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys →	performsWorksBy
Gwen Raverat →	relative