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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.
A portrait of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, c. 1920.
(photo credit: HE BOOKMAN’ V. 61/WIKIMEDIA COMMON)
ByBARRY BORMAN
JULY 6, 2025 00:01
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