Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958) was an influential British composer. He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, Cambridge and served as a lieutenant in World War I. He wrote nine symphonies between 1910 and 1958 as well as numerous other works including chamber music, opera, choral music and film scores.

External links

• 1956 audio interview with Vaughan Williams on his editing a hymnal (from the BBC)
• The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society
• Ralph Vaughan Williams web site by Jaron Collis