some of vaughan williams’s best works are those where he makes his music sound like folk song. he loved the poetry of housman and used some of the poems in a song cycle called "on wenlock edge" for tenor, piano and string quartet. his music always sounds english. he was born in the 19th century which was a time when people thought english musicians were not very good. vaughan williams and edward elgar (who was a little older) made people realise that it was possible for an englishman to write beautiful, moving music.