Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to James Craufurd (Madrigal Society)
Letter No. VWL1202
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to James Craufurd (Madrigal Society)
Letter No.: VWL1202
The White Gates,
Dorking, SURREY.
6th December, 1950
Dear Sir,
I feel much honoured by your kind invitation, and shall be pleased to accept for Tuesday, March 13th.
Yours faithfully
R Vaughan Williams
(R. Vaughan Williams)
J.G. Craufurd, Esqr.,
Brightwood,
Oldbury,
TRING.
1. Tuesday 13 March was a particularly good night for madrigal societies. The Reading Madrigal Society presented the St. Mark Passion by VW’s old harmony teacher, Charles Wood. Meanwhile the Oriana Madrigal Society, directed by VW’s good friend Charles Kennedy Scott, gave a recital of Madrigals, Motets and Part Songs at Wigmore Hall. It is not clear to which event this invitation relates.
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Typewritten, signed. VW was attending one of the Madrigal Society’s meetings; he was one of three Honorary Members and Frank Howes was President. Craufurd was Secretary of the Madrigal Society at this time.
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