Article: REVIEW: Youngsters on form in new venue; British Classics, National Youth Orchestra of Wales, TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM.(Features)

Article: Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony & Vaughan Williams. (Book Reviews: Works).(Book Review)
Notes;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Vaughan Williams's Ninth Symphony. By Alain Frogley...Discography, bibliography, index. Vaughan Williams. By Simon Heffer. Boston: Northeastern...Discography, bibliography, index. Ralph Vaughan Williams has been undergoing a significant...

Article: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
A Dictionary of English Folklore;      611 words ...Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958). One of...musical scene in the 20th century, Vaughan Williams was also the one who made most use...folk-song in his compositions. By 1903, Vaughan Williams was already aware of folk-song...

Article: MUSIC IS FOREVER ENGLAND; Ralph Vaughan Williams, (below) who died 40 years ago was the quintesse ntial English composer. But Little Englanders should be wary of claiming him as one of their own, argues Terry Grimley.
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ......likely to reach for a recording of Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending . Juxtapose this...strength of this and other works, Vaughan Williams has long been regarded as the quintessential...Back in Anger, was not angry about Vaughan Williams: Give me something English, he demands...

Article: Arts: The difference a war makes How do you distil the experiences of war into music? A concert series featuring the work of First World War composers such as Arthur Bliss and Ralph Vaughan Williams has the answers.
The Independent - London;  October 31, 2001 ;     700+ words ......survived the fighting in France, as did Vaughan Williams, who was a wagon-orderly because he...writings of Bliss and the biography of Vaughan Williams, written by his second wife Ursula...elegant Camden house where Ursula Vaughan Williams lives, to talk to her about how the...

Article: Review: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
The Scotsman;  January 6, 2006 ;     289 words ...Music, NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SCOTLAND, GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL **** IT MAY...exercised in an absorbing programme with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland on Wednesday. Not everything fell into place...through this evening of Walton, Richard Strauss and Vaughan Williams, ...

Article: Classical: The slow task of unlearning Why, despite a precocious start, did it take Ralph Vaughan Williams so long to discover his own voice in his compositions? BAYAN NORTHCOTT finds an explanation in the early chamber music, which has only recently been released
The Independent - London;  December 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ......a catalogue of all the music Ralph Vaughan Williams is known to have written, from such...such quantities since his death. In Vaughan Williams's case, items that had reached performance...string quartet. In his later years, Vaughan Williams certainly liked to claim in his ...

Article: Ascent of 'middle Britain' sees Vaughan Williams soar to top of the classical chart
The Scotsman;  March 25, 2008 ;     667 words ......The Lark Ascending, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams after he served as a stretcher-bearer...ntinent's great litany of classical giants, Vaughan Williams, whose great- uncle was Charles Darwin...proof of the continued adoration of Vaughan Williams 50 years after his death was the ...

Article: Vaughan Williams
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      22 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872-1958; Eng. composer Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: Ursula Vaughan Williams (1911-2007).(CORRESPONDING EDITORS' NEWS)(Obituary)
Fontes Artis Musicae;  January 1, 2008 ;     417 words ...With the death of Ursula Vaughan Williams on 23 October 2007 the British...tireless advocate for the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library of the English...in the Army. She met Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1938 after she had sent...

Article: Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
Opera News;  December 1, 2001 ;     454 words ...VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sir John in Love El Gritton, Claycomb...notes to this recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's opera. He is right, of course...repertory, however, it is likely that Vaughan Williams's little-known work always will...

Article: "O THOU TRANSCENDENT": THE LIFE OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fanfare;  July 1, 2008 ;     533 words ......THOU TRANSCENDENT": THE LIFE OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS * Tamas Vasary, cond; Sian Edwards...a documentary that all admirers of Vaughan Williams will want to own-or at least, to see...own voice. For those who consider Vaughan Williams to be one of the greatest half-dozen...

Article: Universal englishman A NEW FILM ABOUT VAUGHAN WILLIAMS REVEALS HIM AS ONE OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS, WRITES HIS BIOGRAPHER MICHAEL KENNEDY
The Sunday Telegraph London;  December 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......20th century, Jean Sibelius and Ralph Vaughan Williams, respectively. They admired each other...a fundamentally misguided view of Vaughan Williams's work to be corrected. He has been...contradicts the cosy 'Uncle Ralph' image. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) made himself into an...

Article: Review: Vaughan Williams celebrated in style
The Independent - London;  February 16, 1998 ;     468 words ...Music: Vaughan Williams and Company St John's, Smith...anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the Joyful Company of Singers...avantgardism has cleared, and Vaughan Williams's stature as a truly original...

Article: Portrait of a genius driven by emotion ; Ralph Vaughan Williams was a great English composer, creating rousing and sweeping melodies that summed up everything that was wonderful about this green and pleasant land.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 24, 2008 ;     292 words ...Ralph Vaughan Williams was a great English composer...s film brilliantly juxtaposed Vaughan Williams' music with events in his life...carried them on for 15 years. Vaughan Williams stayed with his crippled wife...