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Featured Letter
from Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 to Koike, Hiromichi
Letter No. VWL2923
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Hiromichi Koike
Letter No.: VWL2923
December 8th 1953
Dear Mr. Hiromichi Koike,
I have asked The Decca Company to send you the L. P. record of my Pastoral Symphony. With all good wishes for a successful and happy new year in your works.
Yours sincerely,
R. Vaughan Williams
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Letter transcribed and printed in a programme of the Nagoya International New Record Concert Association for a concert in May 1954.
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus 1714/1/21, f. 46
