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The award-winning Tony Palmer directs this feature-length biography of influential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Features specially recorded extracts from Vaughan Williams work, archive performances by Sir Adrian Boult, interviews and rare footage of the man himself. Read more
| Director | Tony Palmer |
|---|---|
| Genres | Documentary |
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The award-winning Tony Palmer directs this feature-length biography of influential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Features specially recorded extracts from Vaughan Williams work, archive performances by Sir Adrian Boult, interviews and rare footage of the man himself.
| Director | Tony Palmer |
|---|---|
| Studio | PROPER NOTE |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2007 To Rent: DVD: 31 Dec 2007 |
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