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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
'''Born:''' 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
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'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
{{Legend}}
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{{Top}}
===Anthems and Service Music===
*{{NoCo|And all in the morning}} &nbsp; ( {{Broken}}[http://christmassongbook.net {{net}}] )
{{top}}
*''Fantasia on Christmas Carols'' - (1912)
*{{NoCo|Lord, Thou hast been our refuge}}
*''Five English Folksongs:''
*{{NoCo|Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C}}
:# ''The dark-eyed sailor''
{{Middle|3}}
:# ''The springtime of the year''
*{{NoCo|O clap your hands}}
:# ''Just as the tide was flowing''
:# ''The lover's ghost''
:# ''Wassail Song''
{{Middle}}
*{{NoCo|Linden Lea}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Williams_Linden_Lea.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Williams_Linden_Lea.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*{{NoCo|Sussex Carol}} &nbsp; {{Broken}}[http://christmassongbook.net {{net}}] )
*{{NoComp|Ward, The Pirate|Trad. arr. R. Vaughan Williams}} &nbsp; ({{LLink|Ward,_The_Pirate.PDF|Ward,_The_Pirate.MID|Ward,_The_Pirate.MUS|Finale 2005}}
*''O how amiable'' - (1934)
*''O how amiable'' - (1934)
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|O praise the Lord of Heaven}}
*''O taste and see'' - (1952)
*''O taste and see'' - (1952)
*{{NoCo|Rest}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Rest.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Rest.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Rest.MUS}} Finale 2007] )
{{bottom}}
*''This is the truth''
 
===Christmas Works===
{{top}}
*{{NoCo|And all in the morning}}
*''{{NoCo|Fantasia on Christmas Carols}}''
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|Joseph, lieber Joseph mein}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex Carol}}
{{Middle|3}}
*''This is the truth'' (excerpt from {{NoCo|Fantasia on Christmas Carols}})
*''Wither's Rocking Hymn''
*''Wither's Rocking Hymn''
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===Hymn Tunes===
{{Top}}
*{{NoCo|The Call}}
*{{NoCo|Dilwyn}}
*{{NoCo|Down Ampney}} ({{NoCo|Come down, O Love divine}})
*{{NoCo|Forest green}}
*{{NoCo|Gosterwood}}
*{{NoCo|Kingsfold}}
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|King's Lynn}}
*{{NoCo|King's Weston}} (1925, but festival service version ©1927)(see [[ChoralWiki:Texts_of_works_not_yet_added#At the Name of Jesus]])
*{{NoCo|Lasst uns erfreuen}} ({{NoCo|All creatures of our God and King}})
*{{NoCo|Monk's gate}}
*{{NoCo|Randolph}}
*{{NoCo|Resonet in laudibus}}
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|Shipston}}
*{{NoCo|Sine nomine}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex}}
*{{NoCo|Ye watchers and ye holy ones}}
{{Bottom}}
{{Bottom}}
===Hymns===
*{{NoCo|All creatures of our God and King}} &nbsp; ( [{{website|ashley}}PDF/All_Creatures.pdf {{extpdf}}] [{{website|ashley}}MP3/All_Creatures.mp3 {{extmp3}}] )


*{{NoCo|Come down, O Love divine}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Vaughan Williams-Come down, O Love divine.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Vaughan Williams-Down Ampney.mp3}} {{mp3}}] )
===Partsongs and folksongs===
 
====Mixed Voices====
===Hymn Tunes===
{{Top}}
{{Top}}
*{{NoCo|The Call}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-The_call.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-The_call.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-The_call.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] &nbsp; [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-The_call2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-The_call.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Alister McAlpines lament}}
*{{NoCo|Dilwyn}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Dilwyn.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Dilwyn2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Dilwyn.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Dilwyn.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Dilwyn.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Bushes and briars}}
*{{NoCo|Down Ampney}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Down_ampney.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Down_ampney2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Down_ampney.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Down_ampney.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Down_ampney.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Ca' the yowes}}
*{{NoCo|Forest green}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Forest_green.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Forest_green2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Forest_green.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Forest_green.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Forest_green.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Come away, death}}
*{{NoCo|Gosterwood}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Gosterwood.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Gosterwood2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Gosterwood.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Gosterwood.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Gosterwood.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Fain would I change that note}}
*{{NoCo|Kingsfold}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kingsfold.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kingsfold2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kingsfold.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kingsfold.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kingsfold.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|King's Lynn}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kings_lynn.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kings_lynn2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kings_lynn.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kings_lynn.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Kings_lynn.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*''' ''Five English Folksongs'' '''
*''King's Weston'' &nbsp; (1925)
:# ''{{NoCo|The Dark Eyed Sailor}}''
{{Middle}}
:# ''{{NoCo|The spring time of the year}}''
*{{NoCo|Lasst uns erfreuen}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Lasst_uns_erfreuen.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Lasst_uns_erfreuen2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Lasst_uns_erfreuen.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Lasst_uns_erfreuen.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Lasst_uns_erfreuen.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
:# ''{{NoCo|Just as the tide was flowing}}''
*{{NoCo|Monk's gate}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Monks_gate.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Monks_gate2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Monks_gate.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Monks_gate.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Monks_gate.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
:# ''{{NoCo|The Lover's Ghost}}''
*{{NoCo|Randolph}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Randolph.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Randolph2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Randolph.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Randolph.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Randolph.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
:# ''{{NoCo|Wassail song}}''
*{{NoCo|Resonet in laudibus}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Resonet_in_laudibus.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Resonet_in_laudibus2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Resonet_in_laudibus.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Resonet_in_laudibus.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Resonet_in_laudibus.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Linden Lea}}
*{{NoCo|Shipston}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Shipston.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Shipston2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Shipston.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Shipston.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Shipston.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Love is a sickness}}
*{{NoCo|Sine nomine}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sine_nomine.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sine_nomine2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sine_nomine.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sine_nomine.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sine_nomine.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sussex.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sussex2.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sussex.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sussex.nwc}} NoteWorthy Composer] [{{filepath:VaughanWilliams-Sussex.sib}} Sibelius 4] )
*{{NoCo|Rest}}
*{{NoCo|Ring out your bells}}
*'''{{NoCo|Three Elizabethan Partsongs}}'''
:# ''{{NoCo|Sweet day}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|The Willow Song}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|O Mistress mine}}''
*{{NoCo|The Turtle Dove}}
{{Bottom}}
{{Bottom}}
{{Whatlinkshere}}
 
====Male Voices====
*{{NoComp|Ward, The Pirate}}
 
===Other Secular Works===
*{{NoCo|Let us now praise famous men}}
*Serenade To Music


==List of solo vocal works==
==List of solo vocal works==
{{Top}}
{{Top}}
*{{NoCo|She's like the swallow}} (access to files removed due to copyright reasons)  
*'''''[[The House of Life]]''', A Cycle of six Sonnets'' (1903) on poems by [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]
*'''Five Mystical Songs''' (1911), for Solo Baritone, Chorus (ad lib) and Orchestra, set to poems by [[George Herbert]]
:#{{NoCo|Love-Sight}}. Andante con moto ma non troppo (A major)
:#[[Easter (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|Easter: ''Rise heart; thy Lord is risen'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-easter/ {{net}}] )
:#{{NoCo|Silent Noon}}. Largo sostenuto (E♭ major)
:#[[I_got_me_flowers (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''I got me flowers'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-i-got-me-flowers/ {{net}}] )
:#{{NoCo|Love's Minstrels}}. Lento (D major)
:#[[Love bade me welcome (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Love bade me welcome'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-love-bade-me-welcome/ {{net}}] )
:#{{NoCo|Heart's Haven}}. Lento ma con moto (E major)
:#[[The Call - Come my way (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|The Call: ''Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life'']] &nbsp; {{editions|2}}
:#{{NoCo|Death in Love}}. ALlegro maestoso (C major)
:#[[Let all the world (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|Antiphon: ''Let all the world in every corner sing'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-antiphon/ {{net}}] )
:#{{NoCo|Love's last gift}}. Andante con moto (F major)
 
*'''''Songs of Travel''''' (1905, 1907, 1912 and 1960), for Solo Baritone, with piano acc., set to poems by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
:#[[The Vagabond (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''The Vagabond'']]
:#[[Let beauty awake (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Let beauty awake'']]
:#[[The Roadside fire (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''The Roadside Fire'']]
:#[[Youth and Love (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Youth and Love'']]
:#[[In dreams (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''In dreams'']]
:#[[The infinite shining heavens (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''The infinite shining heavens'']]
:#[[Whither must I wander? (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Whither Must I Wander?'']]
:#[[Bright is the ring of words (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Bright is the ring of words'']]
:#I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope - ( ©1960 - not public domain - find out [{{website|artsong}}2007/songs-of-travel/ why]. )
*'''''Five Mystical Songs''''' (1911), for Solo Baritone, Chorus (ad lib) and Orchestra, set to poems by [[George Herbert]]
:#[[Easter (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|Easter: ''Rise heart; thy Lord is risen'']]
:#[[I_got_me_flowers (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''I got me flowers'']]
:#[[Love bade me welcome (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Love bade me welcome'']]
:#[[The Call - Come my way (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|The Call: ''Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life'']]
:#[[Let all the world (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|Antiphon: ''Let all the world in every corner sing'']]
{{Middle}}
{{Middle}}
*'''Songs of Travel''' (1905, 1907, 1912 and 1960), for Solo Baritone, with piano acc., set to poems by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
*Four Hymns: (1920) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato
:#[[The Vagabond (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''The Vagabond'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-the-vagabond/ {{net}}] &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:No1-The_Vagabond.mid}} {{mid}}] )
**Lord! Come Away!
:#[[Let beauty awake (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Let beauty awake'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-let-beauty-awake/ {{net}}]&nbsp; [{{filepath:No2-Let_Beauty_Awake.mid}} {{mid}}] )
**Who is this fair one?
:#[[The Roadside fire (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''The Roadside Fire'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-the-roadside-fire/ {{net}}] &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:No3-The_Roadside_Fire.mid}} {{mid}}] )
**Come Love Come Lord.
:#[[Youth and love (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Youth and Love'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-youth-and-love/ {{net}}] )
**Evening Hymn.
:#[[In Dreams (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''In Dreams'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-in-dreams/ {{net}}] &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:No5-In_Dreams.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*Merciless Beauty three rondels for tenor, two violins and cello (1922)
:#[[The Infinite shining heavens (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''The_Infinite_shining heavens'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-the-infinite-shining-heavens/ {{net}}] )
*Four Poems by Fredegond Shove: for baritone and piano (1925):
:#[[Whither must I wander? (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Whither Must I Wander?'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-whither-must-i-wander/ {{net}}] [{{filepath:No7-Whither_Must_I_Wander.mid}} {{mid}}] )
:#Motion and Stillness
:#[[Bright is the ring of words (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Bright is the ring of words'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|artsong}}2007/vaughan-williams-bright-is-the-ring-of-words/ {{net}}] )
:#Four Nights
:#I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope - ( ©1960 - not public domain - find out [{{website|artsong}}2007/songs-of-travel/ why]. )  
:#The New Ghost
:#The Water Mill
*Two Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan (1925)
:#The Twilight People
:#A Piper;
*Three Songs from Shakespeare (1925) -Not to be confused with ''Three Shakespeare Songs'' (1951) for SATB a cappella
:#Take, O take those lips away
:#When icicles hang by the wall
:#{{NoCo|Orpheus with his lute}}
 
*'''''3 Poems By Walt Whitman''''' (1925) ([[Walt Whitman]])
:#{{NoCo|Nocturne}}
:#{{NoCo|A clear midnight}}
:#{{NoCo|Joy, shipmate, joy!}}
 
*{{NoCo|She's like the swallow}} (?1934? access to files removed due to copyright reasons)
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==Works at CPDL==
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{{Whatlinkshere}}
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==Publications==
==Publications==


==External links==
==External links==
 
*{{IMSLP|id=Vaughan Williams, Ralph|cname=Ralph Vaughan Williams}}
*[http://www.rvwsociety.com Ralph Vaughan Williams Society]
*[http://www.rvwsociety.com Ralph Vaughan Williams Society]
*[http://www.agentsmith.com/rvw/RVW_Works/RVW.txt List of Vaughan William's complete works]
*[http://www.agentsmith.com/rvw/RVW_Works/RVW.txt List of Vaughan William's complete works]{{broken}}
 
*[http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=6050 Texts] at Lieder.net
 


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Latest revision as of 20:45, 5 December 2023

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Life

Born: 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire

Died: 1958, London

Biography

View the Wikipedia article on Ralph Vaughan Williams.

List of choral works

Anthems and Service Music

Christmas Works

Hymn Tunes

Partsongs and folksongs

Mixed Voices

  • Five English Folksongs
  1. The Dark Eyed Sailor
  2. The spring time of the year
  3. Just as the tide was flowing
  4. The Lover's Ghost
  5. Wassail song
  1. Sweet day
  2. The Willow Song
  3. O Mistress mine

Male Voices

Other Secular Works

List of solo vocal works

  1. Love-Sight. Andante con moto ma non troppo (A major)
  2. Silent Noon. Largo sostenuto (E♭ major)
  3. Love's Minstrels. Lento (D major)
  4. Heart's Haven. Lento ma con moto (E major)
  5. Death in Love. ALlegro maestoso (C major)
  6. Love's last gift. Andante con moto (F major)
  • Songs of Travel (1905, 1907, 1912 and 1960), for Solo Baritone, with piano acc., set to poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
  1. The Vagabond
  2. Let beauty awake
  3. The Roadside Fire
  4. Youth and Love
  5. In dreams
  6. The infinite shining heavens
  7. Whither Must I Wander?
  8. Bright is the ring of words
  9. I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope - ( ©1960 - not public domain - find out why. )
  • Five Mystical Songs (1911), for Solo Baritone, Chorus (ad lib) and Orchestra, set to poems by George Herbert
  1. Easter: Rise heart; thy Lord is risen
  2. I got me flowers
  3. Love bade me welcome
  4. The Call: Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life
  5. Antiphon: Let all the world in every corner sing
  • Four Hymns: (1920) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato
    • Lord! Come Away!
    • Who is this fair one?
    • Come Love Come Lord.
    • Evening Hymn.
  • Merciless Beauty three rondels for tenor, two violins and cello (1922)
  • Four Poems by Fredegond Shove: for baritone and piano (1925):
  1. Motion and Stillness
  2. Four Nights
  3. The New Ghost
  4. The Water Mill
  • Two Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan (1925)
  1. The Twilight People
  2. A Piper;
  • Three Songs from Shakespeare (1925) -Not to be confused with Three Shakespeare Songs (1951) for SATB a cappella
  1. Take, O take those lips away
  2. When icicles hang by the wall
  3. Orpheus with his lute
  1. Nocturne
  2. A clear midnight
  3. Joy, shipmate, joy!

Works at CPDL

 
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Publications

External links

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