Ralph Vaughan Williams' Wind Works

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Wind Works ** by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Meredith Music Resource. Softcover. 176 pages. Published by Meredith Music.

This exciting work, by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars, brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams for military band, brass band and wind ensemble. Vaughan Williams' unique relationship with fellow composer Gustav Holst is examined as well as his relationships with personnel at the Royal Military School of Music, the BBC and the Salvation Army. There's much more in this hard-to-put-down volume for conductors, performers, students and aficionados!