1872–1958 · English

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

The defining voice of English music, whose Lark Ascending, nine symphonies and Tallis Fantasia draw on folk song to create a uniquely pastoral sound-world.

Symphony (18)

Sym1
Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'1903–09
Sym2
Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony'G major1913
Sym3
Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony'1921
Sym4
Symphony No. 4 in F minorF minor1931–34
Sym5
Symphony No. 5 in D majorD major1938–43
Sym6
Symphony No. 6 in E minorE minor1944–47
Sym7
Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia Antartica'1949–52
Sym8
Symphony No. 8 in D minorD minor1953–55
Sym9
Symphony No. 9 in E minorE minor1956–57
ASeaSymphonySymphonyNo1
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1)
ALondonSymphonySymphonyNo2
A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
PastoralSymphonySymphonyNo3
Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No.3)
SymphonyNo4inFminor
Symphony No.4 in F minor
SymphonyNo5inDmajor
Symphony No.5 in D major
SymphonyNo6inEminor
Symphony No.6 in E minor
SinfoniaAntarticaSymphonyNo7
Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No.7)
SymphonyNo8inDminor
Symphony No.8 in D minor
SymphonyNo9inEminor
Symphony No.9 in E minor

Orchestral Work (6)

LarkAscending
The Lark AscendingG major1914, rev.1920
FantasiaTheme
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisG minor1910
FantasiaGreen
Fantasia on GreensleevesD minor1934
FiveParts
Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'1939
FlosCarpi
Flos Campi1925
SerenadeMusic
Serenade to Music1938

Suite (6)

EnglishFolkSong
English Folk Song Suite1923
SuiteforViolaandSmallOrchestra
Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra
Suiteof6ShortPieces
Suite of 6 Short Pieces
TheWaspsAristophanicsuite
The Wasps, Aristophanic suite
EnglFolk
English Folk Song Suite (band)
Wasps
The Wasps (incidental music, suite)

Concerto (10)

OboeConc
Oboe Concerto in A minorA minor1944
TubaConc
Tuba Concerto in F minorF minor1954
ConcertoAccademico
Concerto Accademico
ConcertoGrosso
Concerto Grosso
OboeConcerto
Oboe Concerto
PianoConcertoinCmajor
Piano Concerto in C major
TubaConcerto
Tuba Concerto
TubaMirum
Tuba Concerto
PianoConc
Piano Concerto in C major
VlnConc
Violin Concerto in D minor "Concerto accademico"

Song Cycle (2)

SilentNoon
Songs of Travel1901–04
OnWenlock
On Wenlock Edge (song cycle)1908–09

Mass (1)

FolkSongsMass
Mass in G minorG minor1920–21

Oratorio (1)

Sancta
Sancta Civitas (oratorio)1923–25

Cantata (1)

Hodie
Hodie (Christmas cantata)1953–54

Opera (7)

RidersSea
Riders to the Sea (opera)1925–32
PilgrimsP
The Pilgrim's Progress (opera)1909–51
HughDrover
Hugh the Drover (opera)
SirJohn
Sir John in Love (opera)
RidersToSea
Riders to the Sea (opera)
Pilgrim
The Pilgrim's Progress (opera/morality)
Poisoned
The Poisoned Kiss (opera)

String Quartet (6)

StringQtD
String Quartet No. 1 in G minorG minor1908
StringQtA
String Quartet No. 2 in A minorA minor1942–44
StringQuartetNo1
String Quartet No.1
StringQuartetNo2
String Quartet No.2
StrQ1
String Quartet No.1 in G minor
StrQ2
String Quartet No.2 in A minor

Ballet (2)

Job
Job: A Masque for Dancing1927–30
JobMasq
Job: A Masque for Dancing

Choral Work (2)

DonaNobis
Dona nobis pacem1936
FiveTudorPort
Five Tudor Portraits1935

Orchestral (90)

AlisterMcAlpinesLament
Alister McAlpine's Lament
AllHailthePower
All Hail the Power
AlongtheField
Along the Field
Lamourdemoy
L'amour de moy
AnOxfordElegy
An Oxford Elegy
AttheNameofJesus
At the Name of Jesus
Benedicite
Benedicite
BlackmworebytheStour
Blackmwore by the Stour
BoyJohnny
Boy Johnny
BushesandBriars1924
Bushes and Briars (1924)
BushesandBriarsMensChorus1908
Bushes and Briars (Men's Chorus, 1908)
CatheYowes
Ca' the Yowes
Claribel
Claribel
ComeawayDeath
Come away, Death
CommunionService
Communion Service
DarestThouNowOSoul
Darest Thou Now, O Soul
DirgeforFidele
Dirge for Fidele
Dreamland
Dreamland
EnglandMyEngland
England, My England
Epithalamion
Epithalamion
FainWouldIChangeThatNote
Fain Would I Change That Note
TheFarmersBoy
The Farmer's Boy
TheFemaleHighwayman
The Female Highwayman
FlourishforWindBand
Flourish for Wind Band
ForAlltheSaints
For All the Saints
ForestGreen
Forest Green
The49thParallel
The 49th Parallel
HighGermany
High Germany
TheHouseofLife
The House of Life
HouseholdMusic
Household Music
HowCantheTreebutWither
How Can the Tree but Wither?
HughtheDrover
Hugh the Drover
IWillGiveMyLoveanApple
I Will Give My Love an Apple
InTheFenCountry
In The Fen Country
IntheSpring
In the Spring
InWindsorForest
In Windsor Forest
IntroductionandFugue
Introduction and Fugue
ItWasaLoverandHisLass
It Was a Lover and His Lass
TheLakeintheMountains
The Lake in the Mountains
LetAlltheWorldinEveryCornerSin
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
LetUsNowPraiseFamousMen
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
LindenLea
Linden Lea
LochLomond
Loch Lomond
LordThouHastBeenOurRefuge
Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge
LoveisaSickness
Love is a Sickness
MercilessBeauty
Merciless Beauty
MorningServiceinDminor
Morning Service in D minor
OClapYourHands
O Clap Your Hands
OHowAmiable
O How Amiable
OPraisetheLordofHeaven
O Praise the Lord of Heaven
OTasteandSee
O Taste and See
Ovosomnes
O vos omnes
OldKingCole
Old King Cole
OnChristmasNight
On Christmas Night
OrpheuswithHisLute
Orpheus with His Lute
Partita
Partita
PhantasyQuintet
Phantasy Quintet
none 4PoemsbyFredegondShove
4 Poems by Fredegond Shove
none 2PoemsbySeumasOSullivan
2 Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan
none 3PoemsbyWaltWhitman
3 Poems by Walt Whitman
RveillezvousPicards
Réveillez-vous Picards
RingOutYourBells
Ring Out Your Bells
TheRunningSet
The Running Set
TheSeedsofLove
The Seeds of Love
TheShepherdsoftheDelectableMou
The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
SirJohninLove
Sir John in Love
TheSkyAbovetheRoof
The Sky Above the Roof
SoundSleep
Sound Sleep
TheSpanishLadies
The Spanish Ladies
TheSplendourFalls
The Splendour Falls
ToccataMarziale
Toccata Marziale
TowardtheUnknownRegion
Toward the Unknown Region
none 5TudorPortraits
5 Tudor Portraits
TheTurtleDove
The Turtle Dove
AVisionofAeroplanes
A Vision of Aeroplanes
WardthePirate
Ward, the Pirate
TheWasps
The Wasps
WillowWood
Willow-Wood
TheWinterIsGone
The Winter Is Gone
TheWintersWillow
The Winter's Willow
none 12TraditionalCarolsfromHerefor
12 Traditional Carols from Herefordshire
none 8TraditionalEnglishCarols
8 Traditional English Carols
TheMakingofMusic
The Making of Music
FantasiaT
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
FantasiaGreensl
Fantasia on Greensleeves
LarkAscend
The Lark Ascending (violin and orchestra)
RomanceHarmo
Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra
NorfolkRhap
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
EnglFolkSuite
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
FlossCampi
Flos Campi (viola, chorus, orchestra)

Song (14)

none 10BlakeSongs
10 Blake Songs
none 5EnglishFolkSongs
5 English Folk Songs
none 5MysticalSongs
5 Mystical Songs
none 2OldGermanSongs
2 Old German Songs
RomanceforHarmonica
Romance for Harmonica
SeaSongs
Sea Songs
none 3ShakespeareSongs
3 Shakespeare Songs
ASongofThanksgiving
A Song of Thanksgiving
none 6StudiesinEnglishFolksong
6 Studies in English Folksong
none 5VariantsofDivesandLazarus
5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
none 3Vocalises
3 Vocalises
HouseLife
The House of Life (song cycle)
Songs_Travel
Songs of Travel (cycle)
FourHymns
Four Hymns (tenor and viola)

Sacred & Choral (20)

AChoralFlourish
A Choral Flourish
none 3ChoralHymns
3 Choral Hymns
FestivalTeDeum
Festival Te Deum
TheHundredthPsalm
The Hundredth Psalm
HymnTunePreludeonSong13
Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13
none 2HymnTunePreludes
2 Hymn-Tune Preludes
none 4Hymns
4 Hymns
MagnificatandNuncdimittisinCma
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C major
Magnificat
Magnificat
TheOldHundredthPsalmTune
The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
none 3PreludesFoundedonWelshHymnTun
3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
TeDeuminGmajor
Te Deum in G major
TheEnglishHymnal
The English Hymnal
FolkSongArr
English Folk Songs (arrangements for chorus)
TowandowDown
Toward the Unknown Region
HodiePax
Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)
DonnaNoble
Dona nobis pacem (cantata)
SanctaCivitas
Sancta Civitas (oratorio)
BenediciteVW
Benedicite (soprano, chorus, orchestra)
EnglHymnal
The English Hymnal (editorial work, tunes)

Piano Piece (5)

FantasiaonChristmasCarols
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
NorfolkRhapsodyNo1
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
PreludeandFugueinCminor
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
PreludeforBrass
Prelude for Brass
VariationsforBrassBand
Variations for Brass Band

Organ (1)

none 2OrganPreludes
2 Organ Preludes

Chamber (2)

PianoQuintetinCminor
Piano Quintet in C minor
ViolinSonata
Violin Sonata

Quintet (2)

PianoQuin
Piano Quintet in C minor
FanPolka
Fantasy Quintet (for strings)

Sonata (1)

VlnSon
Violin Sonata in A minor