Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to an unidentified recipient
Letter No. VWL5212
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to an unidentified recipient
Letter No.: VWL5212
10 Barton St
Westminster
S.W.
[early 1900s]
Dear Sir
Mr Squire has advised me to write to you and ask if you would kindly give me some advice on some ornaments in a Purcell manuscript which I am copying for him.
The following three ornaments are continually occurring
(i) viz. E.g. [music example]
lesser
(ii)
E.g. [music example]
since you great sir
(iii)
E.g. [music example]
tremble before him
Yours faithfully
R. Vaughan Williams
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Taken from images of letter offered for sale on ebay by araf22, January 2022. The seller was unable to identify the recipient.
Date of letter between 1900 and 1905, the years the VWs lived at Barton St.
