THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

Jan 3 [1955]

Dear Frank,¹

Here is the song² —
(a) I have given it them & 1500 copies.
(b) which I want you, please to print for me
(c) It ought to be in the choirs’ hands by March 15.
(d) Problems of copyright to be settled.
RVW

1. Music Editor at Oxford University Press in succession to Norman Peterkin (1947); Head of Music from 1954 until his retirement in 1975.
2. Song for a Spring Festival, Catalogue of Works 1955/1, a setting of words by UVW written for the Leith Hill Musical Festival in 1955 and given as a present for the Festival’s exclusive use.