THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,

12th August, 1948.

Dear Buckland,
I am delighted to hear of your success. I shall certainly try and hear the new works when they come on. Please remind me later of the dates.
You are quite right, there is a passage in the slow movement of my new Symphony which is nearly identical with the five T.P.’s.¹

I did not notice it until it was finished, but it did not seem to matter.
Yours sincerely,
R Vaughan Williams

(R. Vaughan Williams).

1. VW’s Five Tudor Portraits. The new symphony referred to is Symphony no. 6.