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Classical Music

yonder

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3. He's near the top of my favorite classical composers.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:47 AM

Sep 2020

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.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Dives and Lazarus'/ 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus' [View all] sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 OP

One of my favorite RVW pieces. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #1

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He's near the top of my favorite classical composers. yonder Sep 2020 #3

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Lovely iamateacher Sep 2020 #4

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