Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Drawing on the influences of English folk song and Tudor polyphony, Ralph succeeded at reviving British ...

Charles Frend’s Scott of the Antarctic starring John Mills came out in 1948, complete with a score by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Britain’s greatest living composer expanded on his thematic ideas to ...

The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams, eminent British composer, and his second wife Ursula are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, near the graves of Herbert Howells and Charles ...

Vaughan Williams Today continues BBC Radio 3’s celebrations marking 150 years since Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth. Special programming throughout October explores the life and music of one of ...

Vaughan Williams was from a wealthy, well connected family. He was born in Gloucestershire. His father was a clergyman, his great uncle was biologist Charles Darwin, and writer Bertrand Russell ...