◇ image via WikipediaRalph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Carols. Those roots explain a lot about how Ralph Vaughan Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Frederick Delius, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell, Edvard Grieg and Gabriel Fauré, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Janet Baker, Nigel Kennedy, Tony Banks and Erland Cooper, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Ralph Vaughan Williams, reaching back through Carols and forward to Janet Baker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams connections
Ralph Vaughan Williams grew out of Carols, shares an orbit with Frederick Delius, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell and Edvard Grieg, went on to shape Janet Baker, Nigel Kennedy, Tony Banks and Erland Cooper. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sounds and acts that shaped Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Artists similar to Ralph Vaughan Williams
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ralph Vaughan Williams.
- Frederick Deliusartist
- Benjamin Brittenartist
- Henry Purcellartist
- Edvard Griegartist
- Gabriel Fauréartist
- Leoš Janáčekartist
- Johannes Brahmsartist
- Aaron Coplandartist
- Ludwig van Beethovenartist
- Max Bruchartist
- Robert Schumannartist
- Georg Friedrich Händelartist
- Richard Wagnerartist
- Paul Hindemithartist
- César Franckartist
- Arvo Pärtartist
- Claude Debussyartist
- Igor Stravinskyartist
- Gustav Holstartist
- Anton Brucknerartist
- Bedřich Smetanaartist
- Samuel Barberartist
- Joaquín Rodrigoartist
- Franz Joseph Haydnartist
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