The Frederick Symphony Orchestra Inc

In the early 20th Century, British composers like Vaughn Williams, Butterworth, and Holst worked to develop a distinctly British style and sound different from the German and French traditions that had so dominated 19th Century romanticism. They turned to the modalities of English folk song and sought inspiration in the works of the great composers of the English renaissance. These earlier composers often worked in a form called a fantasy, or phantasy. These pieces were most often for groups of