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name: "Ralph Vaughan Williams"
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born: "12 October 1872"
died: "26 August 1958"
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# Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composer. Born 12 October 1872 in Down Ampney. Died 26 August 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 October 1872, Down Ampney
- **Died:** 26 August 1958
- **Also known as:** Vaughan Williams
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1402381

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*49th Parallel*](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md) (79)

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## Biography

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) was an English composer. He wrote the score for the 1941 film *49th Parallel*, his first venture into film music, undertaken as a contribution to the British war effort during the Second World War.

He later composed the music for *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948). Vaughan Williams had an established career as a composer of symphonies, choral works and other concert music before turning to film scores in his late sixties.

*Sources: gramophone.co.uk, musicwebinternational.com, rvwsociety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *49th Parallel* (1941), Fi1m 79, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Highbridge in the Rain* (2025), Music
- *Williams: Sinfonia n. 5 in Re Mag* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Children* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *London Moods* (1961), Music
- *The Vision of William Blake* (1958), Music
- *The England of Elizabeth* (1957), Music
- *Bitter Springs* (1950), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Dim Little Island* (1949), as Narrator · Music
- *Idlers That Work* (1949), Music
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Loves of Joanna Godden* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Flemish Farm* (1943), Music
- *The People's Land* (1943), Music
- *Coastal Command* (1942), Music
- *49th Parallel* (1941), Music — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md)
- *Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death*, Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Albert Medal 1955: Albert Medal (won)
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal 1930: Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (won)
- Walter Willson Cobbett Medal 1930: Walter Willson Cobbett Medal (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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