Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood
Letter No. VWL1274
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood
Letter No.: VWL1274
The White Gates,
Dorking.
Jan 24 [1938]
Dear Sir Henry
I should love to write have the honour of writing1 a piece in your praise if I can manage it. Is there any poet you can suggest who could write me some words appropriate for the occasion
How about asking the Poet Laureate?2
Yrs sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. sic.
2. VW composed the Serenade to Music, with words by William Shakespeare, for the Jubilee Concert for Henry Wood, 5 October 1938.
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Shelfmark:Add MS 56422, f. 139
