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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Soundtrack | Composer | Actor

Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams was perhaps the most important English composer of the 20th Century. His influence on the development of 20th Century music was immense. Benjamin Britten and numerous film composers (Jerry Goldsmith, etc.) owe a lot to him. He created a truly contemporary idiom whose roots reached back to Tudor times and folk music... See full bio »

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in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Died:

(age 85) in London, England, UK
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2011 The Royal Wedding (TV movie) ("Fantasia on Greensleeves", "Prelude on Rhosymedre")
 
2009 Morris: A Life with Bells On (music: "Mass in G Minor: Credo")
 
2008 Man on Wire (documentary) (writer: "The Lark Ascending")
 
2007 BBC Proms (TV series)
– Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (2007) ("Prelude from 49th Parallel 1941")
 
2006 How Music Works (TV series documentary)
– Melody (2006) (writer: "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis")
 
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (writer: "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis")
 
2001 Enigma (writer: "5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'" / as Vaughan Williams)
 
2001 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
– Virginia Woolf (2001) (writer: "Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra in F minor", "Symphony N. 8 in D minor")
 
1994 Ed Wood (arranger: "LASST UNS ERFREUEN ALL CREATURES OF GOD AND KING")
 
1991 Flirting (writer: "Wasps" / as Vaughan-Williams)
 
1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives (writer: "Vaughan Williams Pastoral Symphony")
 
1987 The Year My Voice Broke (writer: "The Lark Ascending")
 
1973 The Scene from Melbury House (short) (music: "A London Symphony" - uncredited)
 
1972 Doomwatch (TV series)
– Without the Bomb (1972) (writer: "Symphony No.5: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" - uncredited)
– Fire and Brimstone (1972) (writer: "Symphony No.5: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" - uncredited)
 
1965 Young People's Concerts: Musical Atoms - A Study of Intervals (TV movie) (music: "Symphony No. 4: Fourth Movement)
 
1962 Term of Trial (music: "Valiant for Truth")
 
1957 Fully Fitted Freight (short) (music: "The Wasps: Overture")
 
1956 Women Without Men (arranger: "The Holly and the Ivy" - uncredited)
 
1953 A Queen Is Crowned (documentary) (arranger: "All People That On Earth Do Dwell" - uncredited)
 
1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus (1952) (music: "Snow in the Street")
 
1941 49th Parallel (writer: "Prelude: The New Commonwealth", "The Lake in the Mountains")
 
1940 London Can Take It! (documentary short) (music: "Symphony No.2: A London Symphony" / as Vaughan Williams)
 
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2012 Of Guilt and Grief (short)
 
2002 Il bianco e il nero (documentary short)
 
2001 Incredible But True? (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1984 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
– Vaughn Williams: A Symphonic Portrait (1984)
 
1977 De eerste nowel (TV movie) (as Vaughan Williams)
 
1973 Too Long a Winter (TV documentary) (uncredited)
 
1961 The Vision of William Blake (short)
 
1957 The England of Elizabeth (short)
 
1950 Bitter Springs
 
1949 The Dim Little Island (short)
 
1948 Scott of the Antarctic (as Vaughan Williams)
 
1947 The Loves of Joanna Godden
 
1947 Henry Moore (short)
 
1945 The Stricken Peninsula (short)
 
1943 The Flemish Farm
 
1943 Coastal Command (documentary)
 
1943 The People's Land (documentary short)
 
1941 49th Parallel
 
1940 Welfare of the Workers (documentary)
 
1936 Job (TV movie)
 
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1949 The Dim Little Island (short)
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1973 The Scene from Melbury House (short) (acknowledgment - as Vaughan Williams)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

1910 Symphony No. 1 (A Sea Symphony) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

The RVW Society Website, endorsed by the composer's widow. | The Ralph Vaughan Williams Page | See more »

Alternate Names:

Vaughan Williams
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Trivia:

His first name is pronounced "Rafe" See more »

Star Sign:

Libra