Ralph yr 5

1. Composer 11 from our Great Composers unit of study is Ralph Vaughan who?

• Hayden

• Handel

• Gershwin

• Williams

2. Which country was he born in and grew up in?

• England

• France

• Austria

• Germany

3. Which era did Williams compose during?

• Baroque

• Classical

• Romantic

• Modern

4. He travelled the English countryside, like Bela Bartok in Hungary and Aaron Copland in America, in search of which type of music which he wanted to record in written form?

• Instrumehtal

• Classical

• Folk

• Neo-Classical

5. He did this in an effort to preserve it's mainly _________ history. Which word most accurately completes the above sentence?

• Sad

• Oral

• Joyful

• Violent

6. Even though his use of these songs was a fairly new development, most of his music was written in _____________ forms such as symphonies, chamber music, concertos, operas and choral music. Which word most accurately completes the above sentence?

• Modern

• Traditional

• Neo-Classical

• Complex

7. The influence of folk music on Vaughan Williams was immediately recognisable in the music he wrote and became synonymous with ?

• Folk music

• Modern music

• Traditional music

• English music

8. By his own admission, his journey to gaining success and recognition as an exceptional composer took plenty of hard work and ?

• Stress

• Experimentation

• Dedication

• Borrowing of Ideas

9. We listened to a number of Ralph Vaughan Williams songs in class. Which song below is one his that we listened to in class?

• Minute Waltz

• The Nutcracxker

• Lark Ascending

• The Snow Is Dancing

10. Which song below was another of Williams that we listened to in class?

• Symphony No 40

• Sea Symphony

• Rhapsody In Blue

• Rite Of Spring