A photo of RVW
RVW pictured in 1942 with his favourite cat, Foxy.

Ralph Vaughan Williams


Welcome to the new home of the Ralph Vaughan Williams web page.

Ralph (pronounced "Rafe") Vaughan Williams was born in Gloucestershire in 1872, and is arguably Britain's greatest ever composer.

A prolific writer of music and champion of British cultural heritage, he died aged 85 in 1958. His ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey alongside the nation's greatest artists and poets.

These pages are dedicated to his life and works.


If you've read everything here and are keen to find out more about RVW and his music, why not visit the RVW Society.



Online since 1995, here's a brief history.
A cartoon of RVW (unknown cartoonist)
An alternative view of the great composer