THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Doking.

Friday [Dec 6 1946]

Belov Boo

This paper is not too fine to tell you that ‘Joanna’¹ is packed up ready for posting to Ealing Studios – full score & reduced score! R feels such relief & now he is going to apply himself to the new set of Bach parts.² Michael Mullinar had begun to help him but was being interrupted – one interruption a very good one for him – He has accepted a post of lecturer from Birmingham University “Extra-Mural Studies”, a safe income & superannuation, and now they will try to find a cottage outside Birmingham.

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Tomorrow R has to spend the af^tn in London – to present something to Lady Ampthill who is retiring from EFDS³ – that too rather a waste of time – but the car takes him. Ursula comes again for the Sunday.
Y^r A

1. The Loves of Joanna Godden, film music.
2. For the Bach Passion performed at the Dorking Festival.
3. English Folk-Dance Society