THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

4th March [1945]

Dear Mr Kilham Roberts¹

I do not want to be a curmudgeon so I will if I may, come as an ordinary guest, but not to take any official part in the proceedings.
Yours sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams

1.  Secretary General of the Society of Authors. On Friday 22 June 1945 the Society of Authors held a ‘conversazione’ at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee, attended by the Queen. A performance of VW’s String Quartet in A minor (Jean Stewart’s quartet) was given by the Menges Quartet.