▁sing ers ▁and ▁or chestra ; ▁Fl os ▁Camp i ▁( 1 9 2 5 ) ▁for ▁solo ▁vi ola , ▁small ▁or chestra , ▁and ▁small ▁ch orus ; ▁and ▁his ▁most ▁important ▁chamber ▁work , ▁in ▁How es ' s ▁view — not ▁purely ▁instrument al ▁but ▁a ▁song ▁cycle — On ▁W en lock ▁Edge ▁( 1 9 0 9 ) ▁with ▁accompan iment ▁for ▁string ▁quart et ▁and ▁piano . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁the ▁authors ▁of ▁The ▁Record ▁Guide , ▁Edward ▁S ack ville - West ▁and ▁Des mond ▁Sh a we - T aylor , ▁wrote ▁that ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁music ▁showed ▁an ▁exception ally ▁strong ▁individual ▁voice : ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁style ▁is ▁" not ▁remarkable ▁for ▁grace ▁or ▁polit eness ▁or ▁invent ive ▁colour ", ▁but ▁express es ▁" a ▁consistent ▁vision ▁in ▁which ▁thought ▁and ▁feeling ▁and ▁their ▁equivalent ▁images ▁in ▁music ▁never ▁fall ▁below ▁a ▁certain ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁natural ▁distinction ". ▁They ▁commented ▁that ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁vision ▁is ▁expressed ▁in ▁two ▁main ▁contrast ing ▁m ood s : ▁" the ▁one ▁cont empl ative ▁and ▁tr ance - like , ▁the ▁other ▁p ug na cious ▁and ▁sin ister ". ▁The ▁first ▁m ood , ▁generally ▁pre domin ant ▁in ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁output , ▁was ▁more ▁popular , ▁as ▁aud ien ces ▁preferred ▁" the ▁st ained - glass ▁beauty ▁of ▁the ▁T all is ▁Fant asia , ▁the