The English Hymnal
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The English Hymnal is a hymn book which was published in 1906 for the Church of England by Oxford University Press. It was edited by the clergyman and writer Percy Dearmer and the composer and music h
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Percy Dearmer (c. 1890)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1913)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over
The English Hymnal
…1906 for the Church of England by Oxford University Press. It was edited by the clergyman and writer Percy Dearmer and the composer and music historian Ralph Vaughan Williams, and was a significant publication in the history of Anglican church music. The preface to the hymnal describes itself as "a collection of the best…
Vaughan Williams c. 1920
Leith Hill Place, Surrey, Vaughan Williams's childhood home
Hubert Parry, Vaughan Williams's first composition teacher at the Royal College of Music
Charles Villiers Stanford, Vaughan Williams's second composition teacher at the RCM