▁four ▁or ▁five ▁times ▁each ▁week . ▁There ▁is ▁little ▁documentation ▁of ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁time ▁with ▁R avel ; ▁the ▁music ologist ▁By ron ▁Adams ▁advis es ▁ca ution ▁in ▁re lying ▁on ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁re collections ▁in ▁the ▁Musical ▁Aut obi ography ▁written ▁forty - three ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁event . ▁The ▁degree ▁to ▁which ▁the ▁French ▁composer ▁influenced ▁the ▁English man ' s ▁style ▁is ▁deb ated . ▁R avel ▁declared ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁to ▁be ▁" my ▁only ▁pup il ▁who ▁does ▁not ▁write ▁my ▁music "; ▁never theless , ▁comment ators ▁including ▁Kennedy , ▁Adams , ▁Hugh ▁Ott away ▁and ▁A lain ▁F rog ley ▁find ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁instrument al ▁text ures ▁l ighter ▁and ▁sh ar per ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁written ▁after ▁his ▁return ▁from ▁Paris , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁String ▁Quart et ▁in ▁G ▁minor , ▁On ▁W en lock ▁Edge , ▁the ▁O vert ure ▁to ▁The ▁Was ps ▁and ▁A ▁Sea ▁Sym phony . ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁himself ▁said ▁that ▁R avel ▁had ▁helped ▁him ▁escape ▁from ▁" the ▁heavy ▁cont rap unt al ▁Te ut onic ▁manner ". ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁between ▁his ▁return ▁from ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁and ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁increasing ly ▁established ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁figure ▁in ▁British ▁music . ▁For ▁a ▁rising ▁composer ▁it ▁was