Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)

Letter No. VWL2817

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)

Letter No.: VWL2817

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

8.5.45

Dear Frank,

Could you kindly send this letter by air mail to the American Composers Guild? I do not know their address.¹ Could you also tell John Warrack that I have safely received the proofs of the cover etc of This Day,² also the title page of Along the Field.³
Yrs

RVW

1. Lyle Dowling, the OUP’s agent in America, had sent a telegram on 3rd May: ‘League of composers strongly desires to give what is called here testimonial dinner on Vaughan Williams birthday Tuesday twelve October stop we strongly urge this stop all precautions would be taken to make everything easy for him’. VWL2818 appears to be the enclosed letter.
2. Hodie (Catalogue of Works 1954/3).
3. Catalogue of Works 1927/1.

To:

Frank, Alan, 1910-1994
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Names:

Warrack, John, b.1928 American Composers Guild
Musical Works:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Hodie Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Along the field
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

Date is typing error for 54 – the context and the address from which it is sent makes it clear that 1954 is the correct year.
Location Of Original:

Oxford University Press Archive
Shelfmark:

File 119

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