威(wei)廉斯自(zi)幼學習鋼(gang)琴與(yu)小提琴,曾(ceng)入(ru)劍橋(qiao)大(da)學和(he)(he)皇(huang)家(jia)音(yin)樂院,畢業后(hou)當(dang)了教堂(tang)的(de)(de)琴手與(yu)合唱指揮。先后(hou)從師(shi)于布魯赫和(he)(he)拉威(wei)爾學作曲。第(di)一次世界(jie)大(da)戰時(shi)入(ru)伍,退役(yi)后(hou)一直在皇(huang)家(jia)音(yin)樂院任(ren)教。畢生謙遜地工(gong)作,品格(ge)高尚,待人真誠。深愛民(min)間(jian)音(yin)樂,曾(ceng)入(ru)居鄉間(jian)收集民(min)歌(ge),參(can)加(jia)農(nong)村的(de)(de)節日和(he)(he)音(yin)樂賽會,將人民(min)的(de)(de)音(yin)樂語匯融(rong)入(ru)自(zi)己的(de)(de)創作,同時(shi)又向都鐸王期的(de)(de)作家(jia)和(he)(he)普塞爾的(de)(de)音(yin)樂吸取(qu)養料,逐步形成了自(zi)己的(de)(de)風格(ge)。
拉爾夫·沃恩·威(wei)(wei)廉(lian)斯是屬(shu)于(yu)(yu)英(ying)(ying)(ying)國的(de),就像小(xiao)酒吧里擲飛鏢和王宮衛隊換班是屬(shu)于(yu)(yu)英(ying)(ying)(ying)國的(de)一樣。1872年10月12日誕生(sheng)于(yu)(yu)格羅(luo)墨斯特鄔(wu)的(de)下(xia)安普勒,而(er)后成為聞名全(quan)世界的(de)管風(feng)琴(qin)演(yan)奏(zou)者和作曲(qu)(qu)(qu)家,并(bing)特別致力(li)于(yu)(yu)研究英(ying)(ying)(ying)國古(gu)樂(le)與(yu)民(min)謠(yao),將其轉化為新的(de)英(ying)(ying)(ying)格蘭風(feng)格,引導了英(ying)(ying)(ying)國音(yin)樂(le)廿世紀的(de)復興。他的(de)音(yin)樂(le)有(you)英(ying)(ying)(ying)國式的(de)平(ping)易、幽(you)默,精力(li)充(chong)沛(pei)而(er)不失(shi)文雅的(de)格調。沃恩威(wei)(wei)廉(lian)斯寫過(guo)幾乎所有(you)形式的(de)音(yin)樂(le):九首交響(xiang)曲(qu)(qu)(qu)鋼琴(qin)、小(xiao)提琴(qin),甚至豎笛協奏(zou)曲(qu)(qu)(qu)、彌撒曲(qu)(qu)(qu)、歌劇等等。此外,在(zai)一些很短的(de)曲(qu)(qu)(qu)子中,你(ni)千(qian)萬不要錯過(guo)為小(xiao)提琴(qin)與(yu)樂(le)團而(er)寫的(de)浪(lang)漫曲(qu)(qu)(qu) (The Lark Ascending) 及綠袖子幻想曲(qu)(qu)(qu) (Fantasia on "Greensleeves")。
在五十多年(nian)間寫出(chu)來的交(jiao)響(xiang)曲中,最有名(ming)的可能是稱為「倫(lun)敦」的。這件作品寫于1913年(nian),是屬于標題性的。
Hugh the Drover或Love in the Stocks(1910-20)
Sir John in Love(約(yue)翰爵士(shi)談(tan)戀愛1924-28),即其創(chuang)作之綠(lv)袖子主題幻想曲的來源。
The Poisoned Kiss(1927-29,修訂版為1936-37及1956-57)
Riders to the Sea(海上騎士、騎馬入海的人(ren),1925-32),由約翰·米靈頓·辛(xin)奇(John Millington Synge)之劇本改篇。
The Pilgrim's Progress(天路歷程,1909-51),基于約翰·本仁(ren)之托寓(yu)詩
Old King Cole(大王科爾,1923)
Job, a masque for dancing(假面舞(wu)劇(ju)《約伯》,1930)
《海洋交響曲(qu)》A Sea Symphony(1903-1909)
《倫敦交響曲》A London Symphony(1913)
《田(tian)園交響曲》A Pastoral Symphony(1921)
f小(xiao)調(diao)第4號(hao)交響曲(qu)(1931-34)
D大調第5號交響曲(1938-43)
e小調第6號交響(xiang)曲(qu)(1946-47)
《南極交響曲》Sinfonia Antartica(1949-52)(基于Scott of the Antarctic這套(tao)1948年的(de)電(dian)影(ying))
d小調第8號(hao)交響曲(1953-55)
e小調第9號交響曲(1956-57)
《在(zai)郊野的沼澤上》In the Fen Country(1904)
《第1諾福(fu)克幻想曲(qu)》Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1(1906,1914修訂)
《黃蜂》The Wasps,阿里斯托(tuo)芬(fen)式組(zu)曲(1909)
《泰利斯(si)主題幻想曲》Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis(1910,1913及1919修訂)
《綠袖子(zi)幻想曲》Fantasia on "Greensleeves"(1934)
《迪夫與拉沙羅的(de)五個(ge)變奏曲》Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus(1939)
《大協奏曲》Concerto Grosso(1950)
鋼琴
C大調(diao)鋼琴協奏(zou)曲(qu)(1926-31)
雙鋼琴協奏曲(1946,為(wei)上者之重制)
小提琴
《云雀(que)高飛》The Lark Ascending,為小(xiao)提(ti)琴和管弦樂所作(1914)
《學(xue)院(yuan)協(xie)奏曲》Concerto Accademico,為小提琴和管弦樂所作(1924-25)
中提琴
《田野之(zhi)花》Flos Campi(中提琴、無詞合唱團(tuan)、小(xiao)型樂(le)隊)(1925)
《中提琴及小(xiao)型管(guan)弦樂套曲》Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra(1936-38)
雙簧(huang)管協(xie)奏曲,a小調,(雙簧(huang)管及弦樂器)(1944)
為鋼琴、合唱團和(he)交響樂(le)團所寫的(de)《為詩篇104篇而寫的(de)幻想曲(qu)(類近(jin)變(bian)奏曲(qu))》Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm Tune(1949)
為(wei)口琴及樂隊(dui)所寫的《降D大調浪漫曲》Romance in D flat for harmonica and orchestra(1951)(為(wei)拉利(li)阿德勒Larry Adler所作(zuo))
f小調(diao)大號(hao)協(xie)奏曲(1954)
Toward the Unknown Region, song for chorus and orchestra, setting of Walt Whitman (1906)
Five Mystical Songs for baritone, chorus and orchestra, settings of George Herbert (1911)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1912; arranged also for reduced orchestra of organ, strings, percussion)
Mass in G小調 for unaccompanied choir (1922)
Sancta Civitas (The Holy City) oratorio, text mainly from the Book of Revelation (1923-25)
Te Deum in G (1928)
Benedicite for soprano, chorus, and orchestra (1929)
In Windsor Forest, adapted from the opera Sir John in Love (1929)
Three Choral Hymns (1929)
Magnificat for contralto, women's chorus, and orchestra (1932)
Five Tudor Portraits for contralto, baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1935)
Dona nobis pacem,沃特·衛特曼詞及其(qi)他(ta)(1936)
Festival Te Deum for chorus and orchestra or organ (1937)
Serenade to Music for sixteen solo voices and orchestra, a setting of Shakespeare (1938)
A Song for Thanksgiving (原作(zuo) Thanksgiving for Victory) for narrator, soprano solo, children's chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra (1944)
An Oxford Elegy for narrator, mixed chorus and small orchestra (1949)
Three Shakespeare Songs ,為SATB沒有伴奏的,用作英(ying)聯邦國(guo)家音樂(le)競賽(sai) (The British Federation of Music Festivals National Competitive Festival ,1951)
Hodie, a Christmas oratorio (1954)
Folk songs of the Four Seasons for unaccompanied SSA chorus.
Epithalamion for baritone solo, chorus, flute, piano, and strings (1957)
Numerous hymns, some of which were first published in the English Hymnal of 1906, of which Vaughan Williams was the musical editor, collaborating with Percy Dearmer.
"Linden Lea",歌(ge)(1901)
The House of Life (1904)
Songs of Travel (1904)
"The Sky Above The Roof" (1908)
On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet (1909)
Along the Field, for tenor and violin
Three Poems by Walt Whitman for baritone and piano (1920)
Four Poems by Fredegond Shove: for baritone and piano (1922)
Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Strings (1914)
Merciless Beauty for tenor, two violins, and cello
Four Last Songs (Vaughan Williams)|Four Last Songs to poems of Ursula Vaughan Williams
Ten William Blake|Blake songs, song cycle for high voice and oboe (1957)
c小調弦樂五重奏(小提(ti)琴(qin)、中提(ti)琴(qin)、大提(ti)琴(qin)、低(di)音提(ti)琴(qin)及鋼琴(qin))(1903)
g小調第1弦樂四重奏(zou)(1908)
a小調第(di)2弦樂(le)四(si)重奏(1942-44)
《五重奏幻想曲》Phantasy Quintet(2小提(ti)琴(qin)、中提(ti)琴(qin)及2大提(ti)琴(qin))(1912)
《六首(shou)英國民歌練習曲(qu)》Six Studies in English Folk-Song(大提琴(qin)及鋼琴(qin))(1926)
《三首以威爾(er)士曲調而寫成的前奏曲》Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes(管風琴(qin))(1956)
為中(zhong)提(ti)琴及鋼琴的浪(lang)漫曲(日子不詳(xiang))
Three Preludes on Welsh Hymntunes (Bryn Calfaria, Rhosymedre, Hyfrydol) (1920)
A Wedding Tune for Ann (1943)
Two Organ Preludes (The White Rock, St. David's Day) (1956)
The Old Hundredth Psalm-Tune (?)
49th Parallel, 1940, his first, talked into it by Muir Mathieson to assuage his guilt at being able to do nothing for the war-effort
Coastal Command (film)|Coastal Command, 1942[3]
BBC接納了(le)The Pilgrim's Progress, 1942
The People's Land, 1943
The Story of a Flemish Farm, 1943
Stricken Peninsula, 1945
The Loves of Joanna Godden, 1946
Scott of the Antarctic (1948 film)|Scott of the Antarctic, 1948, partially reused for his Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia Antartica
《英國民歌組曲》"English Folk Song Suite"(1923)
Toccata Marziale for military band (1924)
Flourish for Wind Band (1939)
Sea Songs
Overture: Henry V for brass band
Variations for brass band (1957)