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Gustav Holst

English Composers Who Loved Folk Songs

Both Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughn Williams loved using folk music in their music. They were inspired by a “folk song revival” started by an English musician named Cecil Sharp collected thousands of folk tunes from around England in the early 1900’s.

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