This composer used an English horn solo over muted strings to begin the Romanza third movement of his Symphony No. 5.
This composer used an English horn solo over muted strings to begin the Romanza third movement of his Symphony No. 5. An intermezzo is surrounded by two marches in a suite by this composer that quotes tunes such as "Seventeen Come Sunday." He wrote an overture to Aristophanes's play The Wasps and used a harp to imitate the Westminster chimes in his second symphony. This composer called for a string quartet, a chamber string orchestra, and a full-size string orchestra in a piece based on the (*) Renaissance melody "Why fum'th in fight." A soaring violin solo depicts the upward motion of the title bird in a piece by this man based on George Meredith's poem The Lark Ascending. For 10 points, name this composer of fantasias on "Greensleeves" and a theme of Thomas Tallis.
This composer used an English horn solo over muted strings to begin the Romanza third movement of his Symphony No. 5.
Ralph Vaughan Williams (rayf vawn "williams") [prompt on Williams]