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| | Williams |
 | | In 1935 came the angry Symphony No 4 in F minor, which seemed to reflect a world drifting towards another world war, although that was not the composer's intention. |
 | | The quite different Fifth Symphony has more connection with The Pilgrim's Progress, and was the central work of a period that also included the cantata Dona nobis pacem, the opulent Serenade to Music for 16 singers and orchestra, and the a Minor string quartet, the finest of Vaughan Williams's rather few chamber works. |
 | | The English pastoral tradition was revived in his 3rd symphony, 1921, and the complementary, visionary source of his inspiration was renewed in such sacred works as the Mass in G minor, Sancta Civitas, and Benedicite. |
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