Ralph Vaughan Williams: A humanist composer who opposed the Nazis, helped Jews
So, next time you hear the rapt, silken poetry of The Lark Ascending, give a thought not only to Vaughan Williams the composer, but to the humanist who opposed the Nazis.
A portrait of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, c. 1920.(photo credit: HE BOOKMAN’ V. 61/WIKIMEDIA COMMON)ByBARRY BORMANRead More