THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

48 Wildwood Road
N.W.11

January 19th 1942

Dearest V.W.

I am still aglow from Saturday¹ & I can never, never thank you enough for your sweetness to me.
As a Dutch friend of mine would say “it was a great emotion” & knowing that you do not love such functions my appreciation of your goodness in coming is deeper that I can ever express.
It is very lovely & gratifying to have the medal but the way you presented it to me will be one of my most heart-warming memories –
Bless you 1942 times!
Yours devotedly

Myra

1. Myra Hess had been awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and VW had presented it to her on 17th January. See R.V.W.: a biography, p.246 where the letter is printed.