Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)
Letter No. VWL3483
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)
Letter No.: VWL3483
From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.
April 26th 1957.
Dear Alan,
EPITALAMION.1
I think that as the mistakes are due to my laziness and Gus’s2 carelessness I ought to pay it all. But I accept your offer to have it offset against royalties.
Yrs
RVW
Interesting about the activities of W G3 X R
1. sic.
2. Gus de Mauny, a copyist used at this time by VW.
3. A reference to William Glock.
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OUP had written on 25 April to say that Roy Douglas had spent some time in checking and revising the vocal score of Epithalamion, there was quite a bit of revision and that Douglas’s bill for the work was £7.10s; OUP had suggested dividing the bill but VW offered to pay.
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Shelfmark:File 810B