Ralph Vaughan Williams was born on this day in 1872.

This article by Rowan Williams shows there is more to him than "The Lark Ascending', beautiful though that piece may be.

The vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams - New Statesman

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2022/09/ralph-vaughan-williams-review-eric-saylor-rowan-williams

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The vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams

One of the most intriguing features of British social history of the later 19th century is the emergence of a cultivated, liberal upper-middle class whose roots lay in industry and craft as well as in

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@jemmesedi Yes, so very much more! It is a shame that a composer of his stature gets reduced to one work that gets played endlessly while the rest of his output is rarely heard.