Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joan Shaw
Letter No. VWL4501
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joan Shaw
Letter No.: VWL4501
[1942]
My Dear Joan
I have just found this envelope lying about.
Did I ever answer you? Please use the money for Diccon or Martin1 or yourself as you think best
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R Vaughan Williams
1. Joan’s son and husband, Richard Brinkley Shaw and the composer Martin Shaw. This was probably VW’s way of sending financial support for Diccon, for whom VW had declined to be godfather but was instead a benefactor. See also VWL4101 and other letters.
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Date based on chronological presentation in British Library.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1767/3/1/1/12 (1)
