vaughan

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A surname

A male given name transferred from the surname

United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)

Welsh metaphysical poet whose works include Silex Scintillans (1650-1655). American jazz singer known for her complex bebop phrasing and her scat-singing virtuosity. Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Henry Vaughan Sarah Lois

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Vaughan Williams

British composer who was influenced by folk tunes and Tudor music. His works include nine symphonies, the ballet Job (1930), and the opera The Pilgrim's Progress (1951)

vaughan williams

English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958)

Henry Vaughan

v. born April 17, 1622, Llansantffraed, Breconshire, Wales died April 23, 1695, Llansantffraed Anglo-Welsh poet and mystic. Vaughan studied law but from the 1650s practiced medicine. After writing two volumes of secular poems, he read the religious poet George Herbert and gave up "idle verse." He is chiefly remembered for the spiritual vision or imagination evident in his fresh and convincing religious verse and is considered one of the major practitioners of Metaphysical poetry. Works that reveal the depth of his religious convictions include Silex Scintillans (1650, enlarged 1655; "The Glittering Flint") and the prose Mount of Olives (1652). He also translated short moral and religious works and two medical works

Ralph Vaughan Williams

a British composer who collected English folk music and used it in his work. He is best known for his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, his violin music The Lark Ascending, and his symphonies (1872-1958). Vaughan Williams, Ralph. v. born Oct. 12, 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Aug. 26, 1958, London British composer. He attended the Royal College of Music and Cambridge University, and he also studied in Berlin with the composer Max Bruch. Having collected English folk songs for his academic work, he combined folk melody with modern approaches to harmony and rhythm, forging a musical style at once highly personal and deeply English. His nine symphonies, including Sea Symphony (1909), London Symphony (1913), and Sinfonia Antarctica (1952), were his most exploratory works. Other popular pieces include The Lark Ascending (1914) and Serenade to Music (1938); he also wrote five operas, including Riders to the Sea (1936). He conducted extensively throughout his life, and he edited The English Hymnal (1904-06)

Sarah Lois Vaughan

born March 27, 1924, Newark, N.J., U.S. died April 3, 1990, Hidden Hills, Calif. U.S. jazz singer. Vaughan won an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1942 and soon joined Earl Hines's big band as vocalist and second pianist. Joining Billy Eckstine's band in 1944, she gained exposure to the new bebop style; she was especially influenced by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and recorded with them in 1945. Alternating between popular song and jazz, she worked as a soloist for the rest of her career. A vast range and wide vibrato in the service of her harmonic sensitivity enabled Vaughan to use her voice with a seemingly instrumental approach, often improvising as a jazz soloist

Sarah Vaughan

born March 27, 1924, Newark, N.J., U.S. died April 3, 1990, Hidden Hills, Calif. U.S. jazz singer. Vaughan won an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1942 and soon joined Earl Hines's big band as vocalist and second pianist. Joining Billy Eckstine's band in 1944, she gained exposure to the new bebop style; she was especially influenced by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and recorded with them in 1945. Alternating between popular song and jazz, she worked as a soloist for the rest of her career. A vast range and wide vibrato in the service of her harmonic sensitivity enabled Vaughan to use her voice with a seemingly instrumental approach, often improvising as a jazz soloist

Hyphenation

Vaughan

Turkish pronunciation

vôn

Pronunciation

/ˈvôn/ /ˈvɔːn/

Etymology

[ 'von, 'vän ] (biographical name.) Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).