THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

March 27th 1955.

Dear Frank,

I fear that the Santa Barbara University would be on much too small a scale for P.P.¹
Yrs

RVW

1. Presumably a request from the university to perform The Pilgrim’s Progress, Catalogue of Works 1951/1, with reduced forces. This may have arisen following the VW’s visit to Santa Barbara the previous October, when they had heard a performance of Riders to the Sea accompanied by a piano.