The melody was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the early 20th century, and Vaughan Williams included “Sussex Carol” in his Fantasia on Christmas Carols from 1912, even before it was ...
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) is one of the most important composers ... Ralph's first big public success came in 1910 at the premiere of his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, before ...