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Grace Williams (1906-1977) was a Welsh composer and the first British woman to score a feature film. She wrote orchestral, instrumental and vocal works, such as Penillion, Sea Sketches and Ave Maris Stella.
19 de nov. de 2016 · Listen to the second symphony by Grace Williams, a Welsh composer of the twentieth-century, performed by the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra. The video provides information on the symphony's commission, scoring, and recording.
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- Who Was Grace Williams?
- OK, So Why Haven’T I Heard Her Music?
- What Does Her Music Sound like?
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Born in Barry, Wales in 1906, Williams developed a passion for the violin and piano at a young age, and played in a piano trio with her father and brother. She also accompanied her father’s choir. After winning a scholarship to study at Cardiff University, she was accepted to study at the Royal College of Music in London, in 1926. A gifted violinis...
After Williams’ death, a large part of her music was lost – so very few of her pieces have ever been recorded. Last year, Madeleine Mitchell, a violinist and professor at the Royal College of Music, stumbled across her undiscovered Violin Sonata, written by Williams in manuscript form*, at Ty Cerdd – a Welsh music information centre in Cardiff. *Wi...
“I think it does sound a bit like Vaughan Williams,” says Madeleine. “You’ve got the pentatonic scale – the black notes [on the piano], which is typical of folk song – and this soaring melody, which I think reflects her Welsh roots, in the passion and soul.” Williams’ compositions are often reflective of Welsh landscapes and the turbulent sea, incl...
Grace Williams was a 20th-century Welsh composer who studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams and scored a film. Learn about her life, style and works, some of which were forgotten for years and are now being performed again.
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17 de nov. de 2016 · Her large output encompasses two symphonies, several symphonic suites and symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin, trumpet and oboe, as well as large-scale choral works, numerous vocal ...
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Grace Williams (1906-1977) was a pioneering Welsh composer who wrote two symphonies, an opera, and the first British film score. Learn about her life, works, and influences from the British Music Collection website.
17 de nov. de 2016 · Her large output encompasses two symphonies, several symphonic suites and symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin, trumpet and oboe, as well as large-scale choral works, numerous vocal ...
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Grace Williams was one of the first professional Welsh composers of the twentieth-century to attain significant national recognition, and many of her remarkably distinctive pieces are directly inspired by Wales and its culture.
