Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Robert Müller-Hartmann

Letter No. VWL2579

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Robert Müller-Hartmann

Letter No.: VWL2579

The White Gates,
Dorking,

12th March, 1948

Dear Müller Hartmann

I should be delighted if you and Mrs. Müller-Hartmann could come to rehearsals and performance of my “Partita”.¹ The rehearsals are probably Friday March 19th. 10.30 and March 20th 4 o’clock. There is a performance I understand both on the 20th and 21st.
I am sorry the “News Chronicle” worried you, but I think they were fairly harmless as things go. Of course they were incorrect, but then the Press is never correct.
I am asking Mrs. Beckett² to send you tickets for rehearsals and performance.
Yrs

R. Vaughan Williams

Robert Müller-Hartmann, Esq.
68B Belsize Park Gardens
London, N.W.3.

1. Müller-Hartmann was the dedicatee of the Partita; see VWL2581.
2. Secretary to Sir Adrian Boult.

To:

Müller-Hartmann, Robert, 1884-1950
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Names:

Müller-Hartmann, Rebecca, 1890-1981 Beckett, Gwen
Subject:

Performance history
Musical Works:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Partita, string orchestra
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

Typewritten, signed.
Location Of Original:

Private collection
Location Of Copy:

British Library
Shelfmark Copy:

MS Mus 1714/2/6, f. 103
Citation:

White, Dear Müller-Hartmann, 37

Back to all letters