威廉斯自幼學(xue)習鋼(gang)琴(qin)與小提(ti)琴(qin),曾入(ru)劍橋大學(xue)和(he)皇(huang)家音(yin)樂(le)院,畢業后當了教堂的(de)(de)(de)琴(qin)手與合唱指揮。先后從師于布魯(lu)赫和(he)拉威爾學(xue)作(zuo)(zuo)曲(qu)。第一(yi)次世界大戰時入(ru)伍(wu),退(tui)役后一(yi)直(zhi)在皇(huang)家音(yin)樂(le)院任(ren)教。畢生(sheng)謙遜地(di)工作(zuo)(zuo),品格高尚,待人真誠。深愛(ai)民間音(yin)樂(le),曾入(ru)居鄉間收集民歌,參(can)加農村的(de)(de)(de)節日和(he)音(yin)樂(le)賽會,將人民的(de)(de)(de)音(yin)樂(le)語匯融入(ru)自己的(de)(de)(de)創作(zuo)(zuo),同時又(you)向都鐸王期的(de)(de)(de)作(zuo)(zuo)家和(he)普塞爾的(de)(de)(de)音(yin)樂(le)吸取養料,逐步形(xing)成了自己的(de)(de)(de)風(feng)格。
拉(la)爾夫·沃(wo)恩·威廉(lian)斯是屬(shu)于(yu)英(ying)國的(de)(de),就像(xiang)小(xiao)酒(jiu)吧里擲飛鏢和王宮衛隊換班是屬(shu)于(yu)英(ying)國的(de)(de)一樣。1872年10月12日誕生于(yu)格羅墨斯特鄔的(de)(de)下安普勒(le),而后成為(wei)聞名全世界的(de)(de)管風琴(qin)演奏者和作曲(qu)家,并特別致力于(yu)研(yan)究(jiu)英(ying)國古樂與民謠,將其轉化(hua)為(wei)新的(de)(de)英(ying)格蘭風格,引(yin)導(dao)了英(ying)國音樂廿世紀的(de)(de)復(fu)興。他的(de)(de)音樂有(you)英(ying)國式(shi)的(de)(de)平易、幽(you)默,精力充沛而不失文雅的(de)(de)格調(diao)。沃(wo)恩威廉(lian)斯寫過幾乎所(suo)有(you)形式(shi)的(de)(de)音樂:九首交響曲(qu)鋼(gang)琴(qin)、小(xiao)提琴(qin),甚至豎笛(di)協奏曲(qu)、彌撒曲(qu)、歌劇等等。此外,在一些(xie)很短的(de)(de)曲(qu)子中,你千萬不要(yao)錯(cuo)過為(wei)小(xiao)提琴(qin)與樂團而寫的(de)(de)浪漫曲(qu) (The Lark Ascending) 及綠袖子幻想(xiang)曲(qu) (Fantasia on "Greensleeves")。
在五(wu)十多年(nian)(nian)間(jian)寫(xie)出來(lai)的(de)交響曲(qu)中,最有名的(de)可能是稱為「倫(lun)敦(dun)」的(de)。這件作品寫(xie)于(yu)1913年(nian)(nian),是屬于(yu)標題性(xing)的(de)。
Hugh the Drover或Love in the Stocks(1910-20)
Sir John in Love(約翰爵士談(tan)戀(lian)愛1924-28),即其創作之(zhi)綠袖子主(zhu)題幻想曲的(de)來(lai)源(yuan)。
The Poisoned Kiss(1927-29,修訂版為1936-37及1956-57)
Riders to the Sea(海上騎(qi)(qi)士、騎(qi)(qi)馬入海的(de)人(ren),1925-32),由(you)約(yue)翰(han)·米(mi)靈頓(dun)·辛奇(John Millington Synge)之劇本改篇。
The Pilgrim's Progress(天路歷(li)程,1909-51),基于約翰·本仁之托寓詩
Old King Cole(大王科爾,1923)
Job, a masque for dancing(假(jia)面舞劇《約伯》,1930)
《海(hai)洋(yang)交(jiao)響曲》A Sea Symphony(1903-1909)
《倫敦(dun)交(jiao)響曲(qu)》A London Symphony(1913)
《田園(yuan)交響曲》A Pastoral Symphony(1921)
f小調第4號交響曲(1931-34)
D大(da)調第5號交響曲(1938-43)
e小調(diao)第6號交響曲(1946-47)
《南極交響(xiang)曲》Sinfonia Antartica(1949-52)(基于Scott of the Antarctic這套1948年的(de)電影)
d小調第(di)8號交響曲(1953-55)
e小(xiao)調第9號交響曲(1956-57)
《在郊野的沼(zhao)澤上》In the Fen Country(1904)
《第(di)1諾福克幻想曲》Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1(1906,1914修訂)
《黃(huang)蜂》The Wasps,阿里斯托芬(fen)式(shi)組曲(qu)(1909)
《泰利斯主題幻想曲(qu)》Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis(1910,1913及1919修訂(ding))
《綠袖子幻想(xiang)曲》Fantasia on "Greensleeves"(1934)
《迪夫與拉(la)沙羅的五個變奏曲(qu)》Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus(1939)
《大(da)協奏曲》Concerto Grosso(1950)
鋼琴
C大(da)調鋼琴(qin)協奏曲(1926-31)
雙鋼琴協奏曲(1946,為上(shang)者之(zhi)重制)
小提琴
《云(yun)雀(que)高飛(fei)》The Lark Ascending,為(wei)小提琴和管(guan)弦(xian)樂所作(1914)
《學院協奏曲(qu)》Concerto Accademico,為(wei)小提(ti)琴和管弦(xian)樂(le)所作(1924-25)
中提琴
《田野之花》Flos Campi(中提琴、無(wu)詞合唱團、小型樂隊)(1925)
《中(zhong)提琴(qin)及小型管(guan)弦(xian)樂套曲(qu)》Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra(1936-38)
雙簧(huang)管(guan)協奏曲(qu),a小(xiao)調,(雙簧(huang)管(guan)及弦樂(le)器)(1944)
為(wei)(wei)鋼琴、合唱(chang)團(tuan)和交響樂團(tuan)所寫的《為(wei)(wei)詩篇104篇而寫的幻想(xiang)曲(qu)(類近變奏曲(qu))》Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm Tune(1949)
為(wei)口琴及樂(le)隊所寫的(de)《降D大調浪漫曲》Romance in D flat for harmonica and orchestra(1951)(為(wei)拉利阿德勒Larry Adler所作)
f小(xiao)調大號(hao)協奏曲(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(te)(te)·衛特(te)(te)曼詞(ci)及其他(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 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(de),用作英(ying)聯邦國家音(yin)樂(le)競賽 (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(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、中提(ti)琴、大提(ti)琴、低音提(ti)琴及鋼琴)(1903)
g小調(diao)第(di)1弦樂四(si)重奏(1908)
a小調第2弦樂四重(zhong)奏(1942-44)
《五重奏幻(huan)想(xiang)曲(qu)》Phantasy Quintet(2小提(ti)琴(qin)(qin)、中提(ti)琴(qin)(qin)及2大提(ti)琴(qin)(qin))(1912)
《六(liu)首(shou)英國民歌練(lian)習曲》Six Studies in English Folk-Song(大(da)提琴(qin)及鋼琴(qin))(1926)
《三首以威爾(er)士(shi)曲(qu)調而寫(xie)成的前奏(zou)曲(qu)》Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes(管風(feng)琴)(1956)
為中提琴及鋼琴的浪漫曲(日子不詳)
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(ying)國民歌(ge)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)