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Featured Letter
from Vaughan Williams, Adeline, 1870-1951 to Curle, Cordelia, 1879-1970
Letter No. VWL4671
Letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Cordelia Curle
Letter No.: VWL4671
Monday [18 November 1945]
Belov Boo
My scrawl came back to me […]1
Another bright day & all is well. Ralph going to a concert at Epsom – a matter of duty not pleasure […]2
R took a rehearsal of his Thanksgiving3 in the church yesterday – The Vicar being the narrator! R found it surprisingly difficult to conduct […]
Yr A
1. Perhaps the letter was returned.
2. There was a concert in Epsom on Sunday 18 November 1945, given by the Surrey Philharmonic under Kathleen Riddick.
3. VW’s Thanksgiving for Victory anthem. The anthem was recorded in November 1944 and first performed live in May 1945.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1714/1/16, f. 35
