Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams
Letter No. VWL980
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams
Letter No.: VWL980
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Aug 21 [?1941]
Dear Sir
In reply to your letter of yesterday – You will remember that I signed the original letter unwillingly as I thought that the reference by composers to the absence of British music was a mistake – also that the letter confused artistic & economic problems. Nevertheless, since I know by experience that if every one starts emending, a joint letter never gets written I allowed my signature to be added. But this reply of Dr Dunhill’s is a very different matter emphasising as it does the very points to which I objected – so I fear I cannot let it go in over my signature.
Yours faithfully
R. Vaughan Williams
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General Notes:
Assume that this concerns the absence of British music in the International Society of Contemporary Music festival, but it could be in e.g. a government programme. From writing paper this dates from after 1934 and before March 1946 (death of Thomas Dunhill). Dunhill was awarded an honorary doctorate from Durham University in 1940; there was no ISCM that year so if the letter relates to that festival, a date of 1941 is suggested.
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Shelfmark:Add MS 71700, ff.59-60
