“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 surely have offered some comfort to Vaughan Williams, a passionate advocate of the music-making of ordinary… — 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
