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Related: About this forumRalph Vaughan Williams: 'Dives and Lazarus'/ 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus'
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Dives and Lazarus'/ 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus' (Original Post)
sprinkleeninow
Sep 2020
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(122,027 posts)1. One of my favorite RVW pieces.
sprinkleeninow
(20,646 posts)2. 💙
yonder
(10,019 posts)3. He's near the top of my favorite classical composers.
Dives and Lazarus is one reason why. Thanks for the post.
The theme is a common folk melody used in several very different songs. Off hand, I can think of two: Star of the County Down and There's Soon to be a Row.
iamateacher
(1,105 posts)4. Lovely
Thank you
sprinkleeninow
(20,646 posts)6. 💙