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V Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872 - 1958 · Early 20th century

Prayer to the Father of Heaven

Early 20th century

Dedicated to Dedicated to the memory of my master Charles Hubert Hastings Parry not as an attempt palely to reflect his incomparable art, but in hope that he would have found in this motet (to use his own words) "something characteristic.".

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1948
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Early 20th century
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Dedication
Dedicated to the memory of my master Charles Hubert Hastings Parry not as an attempt palely to reflect his incomparable art, but in hope that he would have found in this motet (to use his own words) "something characteristic."
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