Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Hubert Foss
Letter No. VWL2440
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Hubert Foss
Letter No.: VWL2440
The White Gates,
Dorking,
Surrey.
25th June, 1952
Dear Hubert
I really think it will be much better if Adrian conducts my Concerto.1 I have not the technique to conduct concertos and he knows it well and has done it frequently splendidly.
I will certainly send you a copy of the “Elegy” as soon as it is out.2
Yrs
RVW
Hubert Foss, esq.,
60, Corringham Road,
N.W.11.
1. Adrian Boult. Probably the Concerto Accademico, later renamed the Violin Concerto in D minor, which was to be performed by Yehudi Menuhin in September 1952.
2. An Oxford Elegy, Catalogue of Works 1949/2, published in 1952 by Oxford University Press.
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus. 1714/2/2/2, f. 7