Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ganwyd	12 Hydref 1872  Down Ampney
Bu farw	26 Awst 1958  Llundain
Label recordio	Decca Records
Dinasyddiaeth	y Deyrnas Unedig
Alma mater	Coleg y Drindod Y Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol Ysgol Charterhouse
Galwedigaeth	arweinydd, cyfansoddwr clasurol, coreograffydd, organydd, cerddor, addysgwr, cerddolegydd, cyfansoddwr cerddoriaeth ffilm
Cyflogwr	Birkbeck, Prifysgol Llundain
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
Tad	Arthur Charles Vaughan Williams
Mam	Margaret Vaughan Williams
Priod	Ursula Vaughan Williams, Adeline Maria Fisher
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)