“Yet for all his idiosyncrasies in writing for the stage, Vaughan Williams did create several works of great power and beauty. Given the degree to which he refused to compromise his artistic vision, and the long odds most English composers… — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“Frank Sinatra, for instance, who had a wide knowledge of classical music, revered Vaughan Williams and the composer’s Job in particular,” — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“one of those rare beasts, a popular twentieth-century composer. Yet such popularity soon became confined largely to the amateur realm, and while this would… — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, Vaughan Williams talked and wrote a great deal of sheer nonsense about his supposed amateurishness.” — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“But it is the personal synthesis of elements taken from a wide variety of historical styles and periods that most strongly links the church… — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“With my own pupils now I always try to remember the value of encouragement. Sometimes a callow youth appears who may be a fool… — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“Yet for all his idiosyncrasies in writing for the stage, Vaughan Williams did create several works of great power and beauty. Given the degree… — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
“The possibility of a musical modernity that was not characterized by sensationalism” — Alain Frogley Copy Share Image
