ers ▁Green , ▁he ▁was ▁cre m ated . ▁On ▁ 1 9 ▁September , ▁at ▁a ▁crow ded ▁mem orial ▁service , ▁his ▁as hes ▁were ▁inter red ▁near ▁the ▁bur ial ▁plots ▁of ▁Pur cell ▁and ▁Stan ford ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁cho ir ▁a is le ▁of ▁West min ster ▁Ab bey . ▁ ▁Music ▁ ▁Michael ▁Kennedy ▁character ises ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁music ▁as ▁a ▁strongly ▁individual ▁bl ending ▁of ▁the ▁modal ▁harm on ies ▁familiar ▁from ▁folk ‐ song ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁influence ▁of ▁R avel ▁and ▁Deb uss y . ▁The ▁basis ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁is ▁mel ody , ▁his ▁rh yth ms , ▁in ▁Kennedy ' s ▁view , ▁being ▁un sub t le ▁at ▁times . ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁music ▁is ▁often ▁described ▁as ▁vision ary ; ▁Kennedy ▁c ites ▁the ▁mas que ▁Job ▁and ▁the ▁Fif th ▁and ▁N inth ▁Sym phon ies . ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁output ▁was ▁pro l ific ▁and ▁wide - r anging . ▁For ▁the ▁voice ▁he ▁composed ▁songs , ▁oper as , ▁and ▁ch oral ▁works ▁r anging ▁from ▁simpler ▁pieces ▁suitable ▁for ▁am ateurs ▁to ▁demand ing ▁works ▁for ▁professional ▁ch or uses . ▁His ▁compar atively ▁few ▁chamber ▁works ▁are ▁not ▁among ▁his ▁better ▁known ▁compos itions . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁fin est ▁works ▁el ude ▁conventional ▁categor isation , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Ser en ade ▁to ▁Music ▁( 1 9 3 8 ) ▁for ▁six teen ▁solo