Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ganwyd	12 Hydref 1872  Down Ampney
Bu farw	26 Awst 1958  (85 oed) Llundain
Label recordio	Decca Records
Dinasyddiaeth	Y Deyrnas Unedig
Alma mater	Coleg y Drindod Y Coleg Cerddoriaeth Brenhinol Ysgol Charterhouse
Galwedigaeth	arweinydd, cyfansoddwr, coreograffydd, organydd, cerddor, addysgwr, cerddolegydd, cyfansoddwr cerddoriaeth ffilm
Cyflogwr	Birkbeck
Adnabyddus am	Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5, Sir John in Love, A Sea Symphony, The Lark Ascending, A Pastoral Symphony, Fantasia ar Thema gan Thomas Tallis, A London Symphony
Arddull	cerddoriaeth glasurol, opera, symffoni
Mam	Margaret Vaughan Williams
Priod	Ursula Vaughan Williams
Perthnasau	Charles Darwin
Gwobr/au	Medal Aur Cymdeithas y Royal Philharmonic, Medal Albert

Cerflun o Ralph Vaughan Williams gan William Fawke yn Dorking, Surrey

Cyfansoddwr Seisnig oedd Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 Hydref 1872 – 26 Awst 1958).

Cafodd ei eni yn Down Ampney, Swydd Gaerloyw, mab y Parch. Arthur Vaughan Williams.

Gwaith cerddorol

Ballet

• Old King Cole (1923)
• Job: A Masque for Dancing (1930)

Opera

• Hugh the Drover neu Love in the Stocks (1910-20)
• Sir John in Love (1924-28)
• The Poisoned Kiss (1927-29/1936-37/1956-57)
• Riders to the Sea (1925-32)
• The Pilgrim's Progress (1909)

Symffoniau

• A Sea Symphony (Symffoni rhif 1) (1903-1909)
• A London Symphony (Symffoni rhif 2) (1913)
• A Pastoral Symphony (Symffoni rhif 3) (1921)
• Symffoni rhif 4 in F minor (1931-34)
• Symffoni rhif 5 in D (1938-43)
• Symffoni rhif 6 in E minor (1946-47)
• Sinfonia antartica (Symffoni rhif 7) (1949-52)
• Symffoni rhif 8 (1953-55)
• Symffoni rhif 9 (1956-57)

Arall

• In the Fen Country (1904)
• Norfolk Rhapsody rhif 1 (1906/1914)
• The Wasps (1909)
• Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (1910/1913/1919)
• Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (1934)
• Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939)
• Concerto Grosso (1950)