Ralph Vaughan Williams

Justin Fiacconi
Sep 4, 2018 · 6 min read

The art of making poems is not exclusively a skill of the literate: it occurs orally in pre-literate societies, or in societies with mostly illiterate members. Some of the oral poetry achieves a high level of sophistication, as in the epics of Homer or the works of the Welsh bards. In both cases authorship is either traditionally ascribed or actually identified. But most such poetry is as anonymous as the cave-art of Lascaux. It may be of…

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"Alphabeticon" is a series of small books about men and women, past and present, who have been important in various fields of human endeavour, such as the arts and sciences, politics, religion, sport, and so on. Each volume contains twenty-six chapters; alphabetically arranged.

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