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Happy 100th Birthday, Ralph Vaughan Williams 'London' Symphony!

A Vaughan Williams masterpiece is 100 this month. Has anyone noticed? There have been some magnificent musical works composed on the subject of London, but surely none greater than Ralph Vaughan Williams' Second Symphony, premiered on March 27 1914 and therefore this month's honored birthday boy.