Ralph vaughn williams biography

Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, 12 October 1872; d.

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London, 26 August 1958) was the most important Englishcomposer of his generation.

Vaughan Williams always pronounced his first name “Rafe” - (“Vaughan” rhymes with “born”). His father was a rector. Ralph was very young when his father died.

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The family moved to Dorking near London. He went to Charterhouse School and played the viola in the school orchestra. He studied at the University of Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music where Hubert Parry was his teacher.

Early career

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Vaughan Williams wanted to be a good composer, so he went abroad to study with famous composers like Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris.

Yet he knew that he must not simply imitate these composers, so he also studied English folk song. He became good friends with the composer Gustav Holst. The two men always showed one another the music they were writing so tha Ralph Vaughan Williams - New World Encyclopedia LETIT