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from Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 to Performing Right Society
Letter No. VWL4018
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Performing Right Society
Letter No.: VWL4018
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
[21 January 1940]
Dear Sir
I beg to inform you that at my lecture-concert Jan 10 at Dorking Halls the following works that I believe to be copyright were performed by Miss W. Small & Mr. M. Cole
Brahms Rhapsody in Eb
Dale English Dances
Moeran “Windmills”
Dohnanyi March on a ground bass
Suk Apassionato
Yours faithfully
R Vaughan Williams
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Date from date stamp of recipient, which is ’22 Jan 1940′.
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