THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Maud Karpeles

Letter No. VWL3649

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Maud Karpeles

Letter No.: VWL3649


The White Gates
Dorking

April 9 [ca 1935]

Dear Maud

It was sweet of you to write – I certainly do mean that opera to be “escapist”in so far as it is not meant to be more than good fun & good entertainment – which I think is definitely needed in these days of “purge our souls” as much as “pity & terror”

Love
Ralph