Vaughan Williams Flashcards
1
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full name
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
2
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born/died
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1872-1958
3
Q
country, time period, career
A
English 20th century composer
4
Q
instruments played
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piano, organ, violin, and viola
5
Q
inspiration for composition
A
collected and wrote down over 800 English folk songs
6
Q
WWI experience
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enlisted in the Army Medical Corps and became deaf after the war due to the sound of gunfire
7
Q
death
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died in his sleep
8
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fame/legacy
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known as the “Dean of British Composers” and the “Grand Old Man of English Music”
