Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harriet Cohen
Letter No. VWL1109
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harriet Cohen
Letter No.: VWL1109
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
[27th November 1936]
Dearest Harriet
How sweet of you to telegraph – I am so sorry – of course you mustn’t hurt yourself over that wretched concerto.1
But how glad I am to see you are playing Betty’s – it’s the younger generation that matters2
Yrs
RVW
1. Cohen had presumably decided not to perform it at the forthcoming concert for health reasons.
2. Presumably Elizabeth Maconchy’s Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra.
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Date from postmark (27 Nov 1936).
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1642, ff. 79-80
