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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony Number Five
Ralph Vaughan Williams, descended from the famous Wedgwood and Darwin families,
was born at Down Ampney, Gloucestershire in 1872. In 1890 he entered the Royal
College of Music, and in 1892 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge. One of the
greatest of the British composers, a prolific writer ....
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.... his use of modal,
mainly pentatonic melodies, which, with no leading note, often help to 'fudge'
the tonality. Apart from the horn call, the brass is seldom used, and the
texture is light and airy. The first violins then enter, high on the E string,
doubled at the octave below by the seconds in an introduction, before their main
theme at (1), doubled by flutes. The triplets add rhythmic variety, as well as
providing a distinctly 'folkie' feel. During the course of the movement, the
distinctive dotted rhythm of the horns hardly ever leaves us. There are some
rathe ....
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