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Ralph Vaughan Williams

A prolific composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams embarked on a path of typically English and resolutely modern music, illustrating himself in all forms and leaving among his greatest works nine symphonies and a popular piece, The Lark Ascending. Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in Down Ampney (Gloucestershire) on October 12, 1872, the son of an Anglican clergyman and an heiress to the Wedgwood dynasty of famous porcelain manufacturers, who was also Charles Darwin's niece. Fatherless from the age of two, he was educated by his mother at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, in an affluent and cultu...