Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Jean Stewart
Letter No. VWL5065
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Jean Stewart
Letter No.: VWL5065
[Dorking]
[1947?]
My beloved Jean
Here is the 4tet revised version.
When it is announced in print (advertisements etc.) I want it set out as String 4tet in A minor (“For Jean on her birthday”) where the movements are given
1. Prelude
2. Romance
3. Scherzo
4. Epilogue
“Greetings from Joan to Jean”
All my love
Uncle Ralph
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The string quartet in A minor (“For Jean on Her Birthday”) was composed in 1943-4 and first performed on 12 October 1944; it was published by OUP in 1947.
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