93% of all blog posts are apologies for prior inactivity by the blogger. I will not fall into this error.
I don’t really know why Ralph Vaughan Williams is my favorite composer. I know there are greater or more historically significant ones out there, but for whatever ineffable reason, his music does to me things that cannot be matched by any other music. Possibly it is because I’m acquainted with his life, and I know his music didn’t come as easily or naturally as Mozart’s, as is the case with me. Maybe it’s his obvious Britishness, anchoring his music to a country and way of life so effectively. I strongly suspect it has something to do with his brilliant use of modal tonalities, which always sound so complete. Maybe I can add another sentence to round out this paragraph in grand music journalism style.
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Thank you for writing about this composer. Because of your blog I looked him up and listened to some of him music; it was very beautiful.
Is that really true about 93% of blog posts? Anyway, RVW is one of my favorites, but mostly for the symphonies. No. 7, the Antarctic Symphony is my favorite above all. Though I do enjoy his tuba concerto quite a bit as well.
-Ben
I made that statistic up.
I wish you wrote more and posted it here.