THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Patrick Hadley to Ralph Vaughan Williams

Letter No. VWL2598

Letter from Patrick Hadley to Ralph Vaughan Williams

Letter No.: VWL2598


8 May 1948

You not only “have something to say” to the young but you stir their vitals. The last op: has had a most profound effect, believe me.1 The chaps now are just like I was (and have been ever since) when I was their age and first met you here, if you remember.
Paddy


1.  Reference to the Sixth Symphony, first performed on 21st April.