THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

October 27th 1952.

Dear Frank,

I have written to Barbirolli and asked him to communicate with you about S. A.¹
As regards Dona Nobis I have already had a letter from Frank Merrick about it, & I enclose a copy of my answer to him.²
If you will wait a little I will do your suggested arrangement of the chorus from S. O. L. myself.³
Yours sincerely,

R. Vaughan Williams

1. Sinfonia Antartica (Catalogue of Works 1952/2).
2. On this see VW’s letter to Merrick – VWL2523.
3. This idea developed into the cycle Sun, Moon, Stars and Man for unison voices and strings, Catalogue of Works 1950/3a, based on sections of The Sons of Light (Catalogue of Works 1950/3). See VWL2425.