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The Complete Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams


Throughout his long life, Vaughan Williams was a profilic writer and collector of music. RVW never assigned opus numbers to his works, so for convenience his list of works has been subdivided into several categories.

Each section contains a list of published and unpublished works. Where possible brief notes on the background to each work are provided, as well as some information on, what we feel, are the best recordings available.
Many thanks are due to Steve Schwartz for providing comments and background information.


  • Chamber Music
  • Choral Music
  • Church Music
  • Concerti for Soloist and Orchestra
  • Dance and Ballet Music
  • Film Scores and Incidental Music for Radio
  • Folksong Collections
  • Hymnals and Hymn Tunes
  • Juvenilia, Miscellaneous and Unfinished Works
  • Keyboard Works : Piano or Organ
  • Orchestral Works, for Full or String Orchestra
  • Pageants, and Music for Brass and Military Band
  • Solo Songs and Song Cycles
  • Stage Works and Operas
  • Vocal Works ( Songs either unaccompanied or with light accompaniment )
  • Symphonies
  • Unpublished works


  • The List of Works can also be viewed, or downloaded, as a single large ASCII text file.
    Or if you prefer, you can download all the above information in one nice big PDF document .


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