Today marks the 150th birthday of one of England's most revered composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who is also widely beloved beyond Britain. A folksong expert who logged long trips collecting ...

The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 150 years ago on Oct. 12, is one of those rare artists who are more often loved than deeply known. A few of his pieces—the lush setting of ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams understood what his fate was likely to be. “Every composer cannot expect to have a worldwide message, but he may reasonably expect to have a special message for his own ...

Vaughan Williams and His World, the 33rd Bard festival, argued during its first weekend that he was a composer who intended his art to be of use, who saw his search for beauty through music as a ...

The Houston Chamber Choir opens its 28th season with a festival concert in tribute to the great English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams marking his 150th birthday.

Today marks the 150th birthday of one of England's most revered composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who is also widely beloved beyond Britain. A folksong expert who logged long trips collecting ...

Collecting traditional tunes from all over the British Isles, Vaughan Williams famously produced gently modal folksong fantasies evoking England's "green and pleasant land." ...