THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

August 19th 1955.

Dear Frank,

Here is the score of the symphony for your kind, safe-keeping until Roy asks for it. It is dedicated to John Barbirolli, therefore he must have first performance, if and when he wants it. I suppose he has made up his programmes for the season more or less; anyway, I do not think the score and parts could possibly be ready for him till the new year.¹
I am dealing with the violin sonata. I think it is my bad writing much more than Gus, that is responsible for the mistakes.²
Yrs

RVW

1. Symphony No. 8 in D Minor, Catalogue of Works 1955/3.
2. Catalogue of Works 1954/4. Gus de Mauny was a copyist used by VW at this time.