THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)

Letter No. VWL2673

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)

Letter No.: VWL2673


The White Gates,
Dorking,
Surrey.

25th March, 1953

Dear Frank,1

I quite agree with you. I do not see how the Shakespearian songs could possibly be done for men’s voices, but if anyone likes to have a shot at it and I approve, all is well.2
Yrs,

RVW


1. Music Editor in succession to Norman Peterkin (1947); Head of Music from 1954 until his retirement in 1975.
2. No TTBB arrangement of the Three Shakespeare Songs (Catalogue of Works 1951/3) was published.