It takes perhaps a thousand poor musicians to produce one virtuoso.
Ralph Vaughan Williams Quotes
No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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Birth: | 12th October, 1872 |
Death: | 26th August, 1958 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Composer |
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many folk song arrangements set as hymn tunes, and also influenced several of his own original compositions.
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