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  1. Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams(noun)

    English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)

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  1. Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many folk song arrangements set as hymn tunes, and also influenced several of his own original compositions.


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