Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Beryl Lock

Letter No. VWL3206

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Beryl Lock

Letter No.: VWL3206

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

[14th Oct 1955]

My dear Beryl

Thank you both for that lovely scarf and for remembering my birthday. We had a good time in B’ham¹ and very fine performances – everyone most kind and hospitable. Tomorrow we are off to Cork.² Life seems very full just at present.
Love from

Ralph

Lady Lock
Valley Gate
Milford-on-Sea
Hampshire

1. Birmingham where VW had conducted his Serenade to Music and had heard the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra play his Fourth Symphony on 11th October – see R.V.W.: a biography, p.366.
2. On the 15th, VW opened a room in the University College, Cork, to house mementoes of Arnold Bax, and gave the inaugural Bax lecture on “Some aspects of English Folk Song at the University of Cork.

To:

Lock, Beryl (Kathleen Beryl)
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Scribe:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Subject:

Lectures
Places:

England--Birmingham Ireland--Cork
Musical Works:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Serenade to music Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 4, F minor
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

Date from postmark. In what must been a flying visit, VW and UVW got to Dublin from London on the morning of Saturday the 15th; possibly the journey actually began on the 14th.
Location Of Original:

British Library
Shelfmark:

MS Mus. 1714/1/21, ff. 38-39

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