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Ralph Vaughan Williams was born at Down Ampney on October 12, 1872, and died August 26, 1958. He was the most distinguished English composer of the 20th century.

He was not deaf, but very hard of hearing. His hearing loss was attributed to his service in World War I, when he was in the Royal Gallery Artillery. The tenor Robert Tear recalls that if anyone wanted to talk to him in his later years, RVW had to use an ear Trumpet.

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