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Featured Letter
from Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 to Cockshott, Gerald Wilfred, 1915-1979
Letter No. VWL4756
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Gerald Cockshott
Letter No.: VWL4756
From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.
January 3rd 1957.
Dear Cockshott,
I shall be pleased and proud for you to dedicate your symphony to me.
Thank you very much for the new members of your musical family, which grows rapidly!
Please give my polite love to your wife, and good wishes from us both for the new year.
Yrs
R Vaughan Williams
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Typewritten, signed.
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus. 1714/1/32, f. 46
