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Monday, September 4, 1972

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS CENTENARY CONCERT

The Urban Council will present a concert on Thursday (September 7)

to mark the centenary of the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958),

when a number of his works in recorded music will be played.

Vaughan Williams was born at Down Ampney, Gloucestershire.

He studied

at the Royal College of Music in 1890, and two years later went to Cambridge

University.

He began his extensive study and collection of English folk songs at

around 1901, and turned back to the polyphonic music of the English Tudors.

He pointed out that music in England was not revealed in the numerous

musical events and festivals, but rather it was latent in the people, as expressed

in the fine folk-melodies that existed.

Vaughan Williams' principal works include nine symphonies, the first

published in 1910 and the last in 1958; a number of orchestral suites;

music: and a book called "National Music".

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The concert will be held in the City Hall Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets

at $1 each are available daily at the City Hall Box Office.

The recorded music will be played through sophisticated equipment

supplied by Marantz of the U.S.A.

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