Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Imogen Holst
Letter No. VWL727
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Imogen Holst
Letter No.: VWL727
[7th June 1935]
Dear Imogen
I did love your telegram. I do hope Gustav would have thought me right not to refuse – I know he would have (probably did) refused himself – But it seemed right not to1
Love from
Uncle Ralph
1. VW had been awarded the Order of Merit.
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Note by IH: ‘Letter from Vaughan Williams after he had been given the OM.’ VW had refused all other honours on the grounds that they involved obligations which he was not prepared to take on.
For a copy of the letter in pencil by Imogen Holst see British Library MS Mus. 1714/1/9, f.91. -
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Shelfmark:HOL/2/7/7/65
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Citation:Cobbe 264
