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Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958

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Ralph Vaughan Williams ( RAYF vawn WIL-yəmz; 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Vaughan Williams has received more than 2,396,469 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Vaughan Williams is the 293rd most popular composer (down from 288th in 2019), the 921st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 885th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Composer.

Ralph Vaughan Williams is most famous for his compositions of the English Folk Song Suite and the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

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  • 59.91

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks 293 out of 1,216. Before him are Julius Fučík, Nicolaus Bruhns, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Alan Silvestri, Jacques Arcadelt, and Antonio Soler. After him are Bernard Herrmann, Gustave Charpentier, Georges Auric, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Rodolphe Kreutzer, and Gustav Leonhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks 36. Before him are Mathilde Kschessinska, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, José Sanjurjo, Henry Tingle Wilde, and Julius Fučík. After him are Hugo Alfvén, Mikhail Tsvet, Édouard Herriot, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Ottokar Czernin, and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. Among people deceased in 1958, Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks 30. Before him are Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, André Bazin, Ernst Heinkel, Abul Kalam Azad, Kim Tu-bong, and Pál Maléter. After him are Alfred Weber, Petru Groza, Tyrone Power, Duncan Edwards, Princess Louise of Orléans, and Prince Oskar of Prussia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks 921 out of 7,765. Before him are John McLaughlin (1942), Dua Lipa (1995), Jim Broadbent (1949), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Colin Chapman (1928), and Sarah Brightman (1960). After him are Ewan McGregor (1971), Steve Harris (1956), Isabella of England (1214), Karl Jenkins (1944), Thomas Willis (1621), and Judith of Flanders (844).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks 9. Before him are Benjamin Britten (1913), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), William Byrd (1543), Thomas Tallis (1502), and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948). After him are Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), John Dunstaple (1390), Michael Nyman (1944), William Walton (1902), and Neville Marriner (1924).

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