THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,

17th February, 1949.

Dear Lilburn,

Thank you so much for your interesting letter.  I am so glad you have found your feet in your new work.¹  You and Page² together ought to make things hum.
I was much touched by what you said about my “Riders”.³  I have only seen it on the stage once and that was when some students did it at the R.C.M.⁴ several years ago.
Yours sincerely,

R Vaughan Williams

(R. Vaughan Williams).

Douglas Lilburn, Esq.,
Victoria University College,
Wellington, W.1.
New Zealand

1.  Lilburn had been appointed to a full-time lecturer post in music at Victoria University, Wellington.
2. Frederick Page, another former pupil of VW.
3. Riders to the Sea
4. Royal College of Music