Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Miss Wadham
Letter No. VWL4724
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Miss Wadham
Letter No.: VWL4724
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Tuesday [March 1937]
Dear Miss Wadham
I am very sorry that an engagement in the country prevents my accepting the kind invitation of your committee1 for Thursday. Please convey my thanks to them, and if you have an opportunity tell Dr Strauss2 how much I regret not having the honour & pleasure of making his acquaintance,
Yrs sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. Of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
2. Richard Strauss, composer.
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Date from context; see VWL4720. There was a concert on April 1st 1937 to celebrate the Coronation of George VI in May 1937; the concert included the newly commissioned Flourish for a coronation by VW. In VWL4721, VW believes Ein Heldenleben is on the programme, but the concert listing in the Radio Times has Elgar’s First Symphony as the longest item, and not Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben.
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Shelfmark:MS RPS 369, f. 266
