Chronology　of the Life of RVW

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1872　　Born on October 12th at Down Ampney, Gloucestershine
1890　　Enter the Royal College of Music as a student
1892　　Enter Trinity College, Cambridge
1897　　Marries Adeline Fisher on 9th October
　　　　　Studies with Max Bruch in Berlin
1899　　Passes Doctor of Musuc examination, awarded degree in May 1901
1903　　Start to collect folksongs in an effort to preserve them
1904　　Starts work editing the English Hymnal
1908　　Studies with Maurice Ravel in Paris to "acquire some French Polish"
1910　　"The Sea" Symphony completed
　　　　　First performance of the Tallis Fantasia
1914　　Finishes "London Symphony" , outbreak of war : enlist in Field Medical Corps
1916　　Posted to France and then Greece, close friend
1917　　Commissioned as a Lieutenaut, and posted back to France
1919　　Demobilised and appointed Professor of Composition at R.C.M in Oxford
1922　　Completes Third Symphony, "Pastoral" . First visit to America
1923　　Completes English Folk Song Suite
1924　　Completes Toccata Marziale for Military Band
1925　　Flos Campi Suite and Concerto Accademico completed
1930　　Completes Job - A Masque for Dancing
1933　　First Performance of Piano Concerto
1934　　Death of his close friend Gustav Holst
1935　　Finishes Symphony No.4
1939　　 Serenade to Music composed in honour of Sir Henry Wood's jubilee
1943　　Outbreak of war, devotes himself to Film Music, war work, lecturing and writing
1944　　Writes Oboe Concerto
1948　　Completes Six Symphony
1951　　Wife Adeline dies on May 10th
1952　　Writes Romance for Harmonica after meeting Larry Adler
1953　　Uses parts of his film score to create Sinfonia Antaractia(NO.7)
1954　　Gives many lectures across the USA, meets Frederick Fennel
1955　　Completes Concerto for Bass Tuba
1956　　Finishes Symphony No.8
1958　　Finishes Symphony No.9
　　　　　Dies in his sleep on August 26th, from a heart attack

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