Compositions with Ralph Vaughan Williams as composer

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The Lark Ascending Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1914 violin and orchestra Early 20th century Romances
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G minor 1910 2 violins, viola, cello and 2 strings Early 20th century Fantasias
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer E minor 1905 orchestra Early 20th century Rhapsodies
Fantasia on Greensleeves Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer F minor 1934 2 flutes, harp and strings Early 20th century Fantasias
6 Studies in English Folksong Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1926 cello and piano
violin and piano
viola and piano
clarinet and piano
Early 20th century Studies, Folksongs
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Walt Whitman, librettist
1903 soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Five Mystical Songs (Five Mystical Songs, from the Temple of George Herbert: for baritone, chorus (ad lib) and orchestra) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
George Herbert, librettist
1911 baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
baritone and orchestra
Romantic Songs
A London Symphony (Symphony No.2) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1913 orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No.3) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer soprano and orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Sancta Civitas (The Holy City) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major 1923 tenor, baritone, childrens chorus, 2 mixed chorus, organ and orchestra Early 20th century Sacred oratorios
Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No.7 (later printings)) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1952 soprano, female chorus, organ and orchestra Modern Symphonies
Symphony No. 5 in D major (Symphony No.5) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D major 1938 orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (Symphony No.4) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer F minor 1932 orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
5 English Folk Songs freely arranged for Unaccompanied Chorus Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer mixed chorus Romantic Folksongs
4 Hymns Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer tenor, viola and piano Early 20th century Hymns
Songs of Travel Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Robert Louis Stevenson, librettist
voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Symphony No. 9 in E minor Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer E minor 1956 orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Hodie ('This Day' ; Hodie Christus Natus Est) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1953 soprano, tenor, baritone, childrens chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Sacred cantatas
Dona Nobis Pacem (A cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus, and orchestra.) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1936 soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Sacred cantatas
Suite of 6 Short Pieces Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G major 1920 piano Early 20th century Suites
3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer organ Early 20th century Preludes
Phantasy Quintet Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1912 2 violins, 2 violas and cello Early 20th century Fantasias, Quintets
Toward the Unknown Region Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Walt Whitman, librettist
1906 mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Secular cantatas
Flos Campi (Suite) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1925 mixed chorus, viola and orchestra Early 20th century Suites
On Wenlock Edge Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Alfred Edward Housman, librettist
1909 tenor, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano Romantic Songs
Job (A Masque for Dancing) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1927 orchestra Early 20th century Masques, Ballets
Symphony No. 6 in E minor (Symphony in E minor) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer E minor 1947 orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Symphony No. 8 in D minor Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D minor 1956 orchestra Early 20th century Symphonies
Mass in G minor Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G minor 1921 soprano, alto, tenor, bass and 2 mixed chorus Early 20th century Masses
Prelude and Fugue in C minor Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C minor 1921 organ Early 20th century Preludes, Fugues
Introduction and Fugue Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer B flat major 2 pianos Early 20th century Introductions, Fugues
2 Organ Preludes (2 Organ Preludes Founded on Welsh Folk-Songs) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1956 organ Early 20th century Preludes
Hugh the Drover (Love in the Stocks) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Harold Child, librettist
1910 voices and orchestra Early 20th century Operas
Merciless Beauty Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Geoffrey Chaucer, librettist
1921 tenor, 2 violins and cello Early 20th century Rounds
Festival Te Deum Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer F major 1937 mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Te Deum
Serenade to Music Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Shakespeare, librettist
D major 1938 4 sopranos, 4 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses and orchestra Early 20th century Serenades
Riders to the Sea Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
John Millington Synge, librettist
1927 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Operas
The House of Life (A Cycle of six Sonnets) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, librettist
voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Benedicite Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D major 1929 soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Canticles
Suite for viola & small orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1934 orchestra Early 20th century Suites
Concerto Grosso Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D major 1950 strings Early 20th century Concerti grossi
Epithalamion (A Song to Celebrate a Marriage) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Edmund Spenser, librettist
1939 baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Secular cantatas, Epithalamia
Romance for Harmonica Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D flat major 1951 harmonica, piano and strings Early 20th century Romances
2 Hymn-Tune Preludes Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1936 orchestra Early 20th century Hymns, Preludes
Partita Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D minor 1948 strings Early 20th century Partitas
Violin Sonata Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer A minor 1954 violin and piano Early 20th century Sonatas
Along The Field Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Alfred Edward Housman, librettist
1927 voice and violin Early 20th century Songs
L'amour de moy (Love's Bower) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major voice and piano Early 20th century Chansons
Blackmwore by the Stour (A Dorset song, in E) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Barnes, librettist
E major 1901 voice and piano Romantic Folksongs
Claribel Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Alfred Tennyson, librettist
F minor voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Dreamland (Where sunless rivers weep) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Christina Rossetti, librettist
D flat major voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Linden Lea Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Barnes, librettist
G major 1901 voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
The Sky Above the Roof Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Mabel Dearmer, librettist
A minor 1908 voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
The Spanish Ladies Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer A minor voice and piano Early 20th century Folksongs
The Splendour Falls Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Alfred Tennyson, librettist
C major voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
String Quartet No. 2 (For Jean on Her Birthday) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer A minor 1944 2 violins, viola and cello Early 20th century Quartets
The Winter's Willow (A country song) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Barnes, librettist
A flat major voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Boy Johnny (If you'll busk you as a bride) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Christina Rossetti, librettist
E minor voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
5 Tudor Portraits (Choral suite) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
John Skelton, librettist
1935 mezzosoprano, alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
mezzosoprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
alto, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
Early 20th century Suites
3 Poems By Walt Whitman Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Walt Whitman, librettist
1925 voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
String Quartet No. 1 Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G minor 1909 2 violins, viola and cello Early 20th century Quartets
3 Vocalises Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1958 soprano and clarinet Early 20th century Vocalises
In Windsor Forest Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Secular cantatas
Concerto Accademico (Violin Concerto in D minor) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D minor 1924 violin and strings Early 20th century Concertos
How Can the Tree but Wither? Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Thomas Vaux, librettist
C minor voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
4 Poems by Fredegond Shove Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Fredegond Shove, librettist
1925 voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
2 Poems by Seumas O’Sullivan Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Seumas O'Sullivan, librettist
1925 voice and piano Early 20th century Songs
Old King Cole Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major 1923 mixed chorus and orchestra
orchestra
Early 20th century Ballets
Te Deum Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G major 1928 mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Te Deum
Sir John In Love (The Fat Knight) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1928 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Operas
The Pilgrim's Progress (The pilgrim's progress : a morality in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue founded on Bunyan's allegory of the same name) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1949 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Operas
Sea Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer wind ensemble, brass ensemble and percussion Early 20th century Songs
The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune (All People that on Earth do Dwell) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Kethe, librettist
G major 1953 mixed chorus and orchestra Romantic Psalms
Forest Green ; The Ploughboy's Dream (O Little Town of Bethlehem ; I Sing the Almighty Power of God) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Phillips Brooks, librettist
F major voices
mixed chorus
Romantic Carols, Hymns
It Was a Lover and His Lass (It Was a Lover) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Shakespeare, librettist
E minor 2 voices and piano Early 20th century Songs
Piano Quintet in C minor Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C minor 1903 violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano Romantic Quintets
At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Caroline Maria Noel, librettist
E minor 1925 mixed chorus and organ Early 20th century Hymns
The Lake in the Mountains Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D flat major piano Early 20th century Pieces
A Choral Flourish Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer A major mixed chorus and 2 trumpets
mixed chorus and organ
Early 20th century Psalms
Communion Service Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer mixed chorus and organ
soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ
Early 20th century Services
Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G major organ Early 20th century Preludes, Chorale preludes
The Hundredth Psalm Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer E minor mixed chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Psalms
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major voices and organ
voices and orchestra
voices and piano
voice and organ
voice and orchestra
voice and piano
mixed chorus and organ
mixed chorus and orchestra
mixed chorus and piano
Early 20th century Sacred songs, Sacred choruses
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C Major Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major mixed chorus and organ
unison chorus and organ
Early 20th century Magnificats, Canticles
O How Amiable (Anthem for the Dedication of a Church or other festivals) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer B flat major mixed chorus, wind ensemble, brass ensemble and percussion Early 20th century Anthems
O Taste and See Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer G major soprano, mixed chorus and organ
soprano and mixed chorus
2 sopranos, alto and organ
2 sopranos and alto
Early 20th century Motets
O Clap Your Hands (Motet for Mixed Chorus (and accompaniment...)) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer B flat major mixed chorus, brass ensemble, percussion and organ
mixed chorus and orchestra
Early 20th century Motets
The Wasps (The Wasps of Aristophanes: Incidental Music) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1908 tenor, baritone, male chorus and orchestra Early 20th century Incidental music
The 49th Parallel Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D major 1940 orchestra Early 20th century Film scores
Piano Concerto (Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major 1926 piano and orchestra Early 20th century Concertos
Bushes and Briars Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C minor Traditional (folk) Folksongs
Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (Motet) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer D major 2 mixed chorus and orchestra
2 mixed chorus and organ
Early 20th century Motets, Psalms
In The Fen Country (Symphonic Impression) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer 1904 Early 20th century
Prelude for Brass Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer C major horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba Early 20th century Preludes
Fain Would I Change That Note Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer F major 1907 mixed chorus
soprano, alto, tenor and bass
Early 20th century Canzonets
For All the Saints (Sine Nomine) Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
William Walsham How, librettist
1906 Romantic


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