His seventh symphony is derived from music he'd been writing for a film about the explorer Robert Scott and is known as the Sinfonia Antarctica.
This composer's fifth symphony was inspired by Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, while his fourth, in F minor, shows the influence of Jean Sibelius. His seventh symphony is derived from music he'd been writing for a film about the explorer Robert Scott and is known as the Sinfonia Antarctica. Better known is his first symphony, incorporating text from Walt Whitman and titled A Sea Symphony and his third, A London Symphony. FTP name this 20th-century British composer who also wrote fantasias on Thomas Tallis and "Greensleeves."
This composer's fifth symphony was inspired by Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, while his fourth, in F minor, shows the influence of Jean Sibelius.
Ralph {Vaughn Williams}