Short Name: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Full Name: | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 |
Birth Year: | 1872 |
Death Year: | 1958 |
Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928).
Bert Polman
Tunes by Ralph Vaughan Williams (88) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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WHITE GATES | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 2 | 11715 32111 75434 |
WAS LEBET WAS SCHWEBET | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 8 | 11233 54323 33212 |
WÄCHTERLIED | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Adapter) | 5 | 53515 12323 45432 |
UNTO HIM THAT LOVED US | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 3 | |
TRURO (Williams) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 1 | 13455 67151 54321 |
THIS ENDRIS NYGHT | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranged) | 8 | 13455 67655 17656 |
THIRD MODE MELODY | R. V. W. (Transposer) | 4 | 13333 44555 55655 |
THE TRUTH FROM ABOVE | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 6 | 51232 17152 33217 |
THE CALL (Vaughan Williams) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 45 | 13556 45135 56457 |
[The blessed son of God only] | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Composer) | 2 | 32163 23161 23532 |
SUSSEX (33321) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Adapter) | 25 | 33321 23216 44321 |
SUSSEX CAROL | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 52 | 55345 32127 11234 |
STOWEY | R. Vaughan Williams (Adapter) | 6 | 12321 65462 22123 |
ST. VENANTIUS | R. Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 2 | 13543 23123 56543 |
ST. PATRICK (Irish) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 1 | 51175 73543 32242 |
SONG 1 | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 20 | 55512 33221 33455 |
SOLOTHURN | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872 - 1958 (Arranger) | 6 | 11231 52155 67516 |
SINE NOMINE | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 207 | 53215 61253 32177 |
SHIPSTON | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872 - 1958 (Arranger) | 30 | 13565 43231 13565 |
SECOND MODE MELODY | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 2 | 66716 77656 77662 |
SCHMÜCKE DICH | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 3 | 32123 54353 43213 |
SANDYS (55175) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 2 | 55175 67217 17655 |
SALVE FESTA DIES (Vaughan Williams) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 69 | 15432 13217 12765 |
RODMELL | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Adapter) | 1 | 51762 17675 51354 |
RESURREXIT (Williams) | R. V. W. (Harmonizer) | 2 | 15432 15675 1765 |
RESONET IN LAUDIBUS | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 12 | 53135 65531 35654 |
RANDOLPH (Vaughan Williams) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 41 | 35654 32113 45567 |
QUEM PASTORES | R. Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 30 | 13534 56523 45432 |
RENDEZ À DIEU | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (Arranger) | 9 | 16511 24325 33143 |
PROMPTO GENTES ANIMO | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Arranger) | 2 | 15654 34512 34321 |
PLEADING SAVIOR | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 28 | 32161 23532 32161 |
PICARDY | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 22 | 12345 54555 567 |
OSBORNE (Carey) | R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (Adapter and arranger) | 1 | 11236 54321 51234 |
ORIENTIS PARTIBUS | R. Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 20 | 12312 71556 34553 |
OLD 120TH | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Adapter) | 2 | 13456 55671 67517 |
OLD 104TH | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 3 | 13215 34654 4576 |
OAKLEY | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Composer) | 5 | 13454 34517 3454 |
OLD 113TH | R. V. W. (Harmonizer) | 1 | 11231 34554 32134 |
NEWBURY (English) | Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 2 | 13554 65321 3223 |
NACHTIGALL | Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 (arr. and harm.) | 1 | 51231 76571 23654 |
[My souldoth magnify the Lord] | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 2 | 51571 65455 51232 |
MONKS GATE | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Adapter) | 35 | 12313 45654 2711 |
GENEVAN 77 | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 3 | 11712 32111 71232 |
MIT FREUDEN ZART | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 2 | 13451 76565 43234 |
MENDIP (English) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 2 | 55435 17665 31121 |
MARTYRDOM (Wilson) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Arranger) | 3 | 51651 23213 53213 |
MAGDA | R. Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 15 | 51653 12345 3 |
LLANGLOFFAN | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Arranger) | 5 | 51122 32114 43325 |
LLANFAIR | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 2 | 11335 43254 34321 |
[Let us now praise famous men] (Williams) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Composer) | 1 | |
LASST UNS ERFREUEN | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Adapter and Harmonizer) | 203 | 11231 34511 23134 |
KINGSWOOD | Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 (harm. and arr.) | 1 | |
KINGSFOLD | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranged) | 218 | 32111 73343 45543 |
KING'S WESTON | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 89 | 12321 71234 51345 |
KING'S LYNN | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranged) | 38 | 54512 34765 43171 |
KING'S LANGLEY | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranged and harmonized by) | 2 | 34553 34432 23345 |
JESU CORONA | R. V. W. (Harmonizer) | 1 | 13454 53211 71217 |
IN BABILONE | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 1 | 17651 21231 43232 |
HYFRYDOL | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 39 | 12123 43212 54332 |
HERONGATE | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranged) | 27 | 55165 53215 11356 |
HELMSLEY | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 9 | 13517 65671 65435 |
GUILDFORD (Vaughan Williams) | R. Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 2 | 11235 61756 51236 |
GOSTERWOOD | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872 - 1958 (Arranger) | 9 | 11671 23154 32121 |
FOREST GREEN | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 189 | 51112 32345 34312 |
ES IST KEIN TAG | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Arranger) | 5 | 51765 65432 13455 |
EAST HORNDON (51116) | Ralph Vaukghan Williams (1872-1958) (Arranger) | 1 | 51116 71276 55111 |
DOWN AMPNEY | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 81 | 12356 55657 16556 |
DIVA SERVATRIX | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872 - 1958 (Arranger) | 6 | 33431 21232 13354 |
DILWYN | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 2 | 11555 43221 55553 |
DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (Grenoble) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Adapter) | 7 | 13515 43211 31671 |
DEO GRACIAS (English) | R. V. W. (Arranger) | 2 | 11717 76511 75454 |
DENT DALE | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872 - 1958 (Arranger) | 1 | 11117 12123 3432 |
DEIRDRE | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 2 | 16156 21111 43213 |
DANBY | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Adapter) | 9 | 51715 76551 71243 |
CUMNOR (Vaughan Williams) | R. Vaughan Williams (Composer) | 2 | 13451 17754 34213 |
CRADLE SONG (Kirkpatrick) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Arranger (alt. arr.)) | 7 | 51123 11345 56423 |
[Come all you faithful Christians] | R. V. W. (Arranger) | 2 | 51243 17215 43215 |
CHRISTE SANCTORUM (53432) | R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Arranger) | 17 | 53432 13455 65567 |
CHRISTE FONS JUGIS | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (Harmonizer) | 7 | 33231 34534 33231 |
CAPEL (English) | R. Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 7 | 54332 33232 1122 |
CAMERONIAN MIDNIGHT HYMN | Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 (Arranger) | 1 | 51321 56123 45243 |
COELITES PLAUDANT | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Harmonizer) | 7 | 15654 36751 17 |
BRYN CALFARIA | R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (Arranger) | 2 | 55123 33234 54322 |
AR HYD Y NOS | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 (Composer) | 20 | 17612 17567 71176 |
ANDERNACH | R. V. W. (Harmonizer (attributed to)) | 1 | 11175 67132 43212 |
AMSTERDAM (Foundery Collection) | Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 (arr. and harm.) | 1 | 15123 23456 54321 |
AMESBURY (Burnap) | Ralph Vaughan Williams (Arranger) | 1 | 55671 16711 32533 |
ADESTO, SANCTA TRINITAS | R. Vaughan Williams (Harmonizer) | 1 | 11511 22144 33215 |