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Tune Title: OAKLEY First Line: O Holy Spirit, Living Fire Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Meter: LM Key: e minor Date: 1991
Hymnal Supplement 1991 #750
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OAKLEY
OAKLEY
Composer: Ralph Vaughan WilliamsPublished in 4 hymnals
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence i… Go to person page >Page Scans
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