Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Vaughan Williams received his training from Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford, both composers influenced by Brahms. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1894 and studied composition with the two composers at the Royal College of Music, London, as well as organ and piano with several teachers. Although he also studied abroad with Max Bruch (1897-98) and Ravel (1909), his style remained individual and English. Receiving a Doctorate in Music from Cambridge …showed first 75 words of 398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 398 total…in Love," and "Pilgrim's Progress." The last three contain magnificent music. There's no accounting for taste. The symphonies, in particular, contain much of Vaughan Williams's range. Not one is like another. Each represents a unique approach to problems of symphonic form. All, however, have great emotional power. He is a major symphonist. SOURCES The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society. www.rvwsociety.com The Ralph Vaughan Williams Website. www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~J.Collis/RVW.html