Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Born in Gloucestershire, he studied with Parry at the Royal College of Music, with Bruch in Berlin and Ravel in Paris. He edited The English Hymnal (1906). He was a leading figure, with Holst, in the folk-song revival in Britain from 1903. Teaching at the Royal College (1919–1939), he established a native school of music based on choral and ballad traditions. His nine symphonies include A Sea Symphony (1903–1909) based on poems by Walt Whitman, the Pastoral Symphony (1922), and the Sinfonia Antarctica (1952), which grew out of his music for the film Scott of the Antarctic (1948).

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Date

1958–1961

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 106.7 x W 88.9 cm

Accession number

4829

Acquisition method

Given by the sitter's widow, (Joan) Ursula Penton Wood Vaughan Williams, née Lock, 1970

Work type

Painting

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