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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
'''Born:''' 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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===Anthems and Service Music===
{{top}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, Thou hast been our refuge}}
*{{NoCo|Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C}}
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|O clap your hands}}
*''O how amiable'' - (1934)
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|O praise the Lord of Heaven}}
*''O taste and see'' - (1952)
{{bottom}}
 
===Christmas Works===
{{top}}
*{{NoCo|And all in the morning}}
*{{NoCo|And all in the morning}}
*''Come away, death''
*''{{NoCo|Fantasia on Christmas Carols}}''
*''{{NoCo|Fantasia on Christmas Carols}}'' - (1912)
{{Middle|3}}
*''Five English Folksongs:''
*{{NoCo|Joseph, lieber Joseph mein}}
:# ''{{NoCo|The Dark Eyed Sailor}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|The Springtime of the Year}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|Just as the tide was flowing}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|The Lover's Ghost}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|Wassail Song}}''
*{{NoCo|Linden Lea}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex Carol}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex Carol}}
*{{NoComp|Ward, The Pirate}}
{{Middle|3}}
*''O how amiable'' - (1934)
*''O taste and see'' - (1952)
{{Middle}}
*{{NoCo|Orpheus With His Lute}}
*{{NoCo|Rest}}
*Serenade To Music
*{{NoCo|The Turtle Dove}}
*''This is the truth'' (excerpt from {{NoCo|Fantasia on Christmas Carols}})
*''This is the truth'' (excerpt from {{NoCo|Fantasia on Christmas Carols}})
*{{NoCo|Three Elizabethan Partsongs}}
:# ''{{NoCo|Sweet day}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|The Willow Song}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|O Mistress Mine}}''
*''Wither's Rocking Hymn''
*''Wither's Rocking Hymn''
{{Bottom}}
{{bottom}}


===Hymn Tunes===
===Hymn Tunes===
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*{{NoCo|Gosterwood}}
*{{NoCo|Gosterwood}}
*{{NoCo|Kingsfold}}
*{{NoCo|Kingsfold}}
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|King's Lynn}}
*{{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|King's Weston}} (1925, but festival service version ©1927)(see [[ChoralWiki:Texts_of_works_not_yet_added#At the Name of Jesus]])
{{Middle}}
*{{NoCo|Lasst uns erfreuen}} ({{NoCo|All creatures of our God and King}})
*{{NoCo|Lasst uns erfreuen}} ({{NoCo|All creatures of our God and King}})
*{{NoCo|Monk's gate}}
*{{NoCo|Monk's gate}}
*{{NoCo|Randolph}}
*{{NoCo|Randolph}}
*{{NoCo|Resonet in laudibus}}
*{{NoCo|Resonet in laudibus}}
{{Middle|3}}
*{{NoCo|Shipston}}
*{{NoCo|Shipston}}
*{{NoCo|Sine nomine}}
*{{NoCo|Sine nomine}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex}}
*{{NoCo|Sussex}}
*{{NoCo|Ye watchers and ye holy ones}}
{{Bottom}}
{{Bottom}}
===Partsongs and folksongs===
====Mixed Voices====
{{Top}}
*{{NoCo|Alister McAlpines lament}}
*{{NoCo|Bushes and briars}}
*{{NoCo|Ca' the yowes}}
*{{NoCo|Come away, death}}
*{{NoCo|Fain would I change that note}}
{{Middle|3}}
*''' ''Five English Folksongs'' '''
:# ''{{NoCo|The Dark Eyed Sailor}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|The spring time of the year}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|Just as the tide was flowing}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|The Lover's Ghost}}''
:# ''{{NoCo|Wassail song}}''
*{{NoCo|Linden Lea}}
*{{NoCo|Love is a sickness}}
{{Middle|3}}
*{{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}}
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====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==
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:#[[Bright is the ring of words (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|''Bright is the ring of words'']]
:#[[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]. )
:#I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope - ( ©1960 - not public domain - find out [{{website|artsong}}2007/songs-of-travel/ why]. )
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*'''''Five Mystical Songs''''' (1911), for Solo Baritone, Chorus (ad lib) and Orchestra, set to poems by [[George Herbert]]
*'''''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'']]
:#[[Easter (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|Easter: ''Rise heart; thy Lord is risen'']]
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:#[[The Call - Come my way (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|The Call: ''Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life'']]
:#[[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'']]
:#[[Let all the world (Ralph Vaughan Williams)|Antiphon: ''Let all the world in every corner sing'']]
 
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*Four Hymns: (1920) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato
*Four Hymns: (1920) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato
**Lord! Come Away!
**Lord! Come Away!
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:#Take, O take those lips away
:#Take, O take those lips away
:#When icicles hang by the wall
:#When icicles hang by the wall
:#Orpheus with his lute
:#{{NoCo|Orpheus with his lute}}


*'''''3 Poems By Walt Whitman''''' (1925) ([[Walt Whitman]])
*'''''3 Poems By Walt Whitman''''' (1925) ([[Walt Whitman]])
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*{{NoCo|She's like the swallow}} (?1934? access to files removed due to copyright reasons)
*{{NoCo|She's like the swallow}} (?1934? access to files removed due to copyright reasons)
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{{Bottom}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 5 December 2023

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