THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[23rd September 1934]

Dear Diana

It was horrid for me not to be in Gloucester – I am well now & we go to London tomorrow!
I wonder how you will like your temporary house.
Now as regards Fest: music
– Certainly “Song of Lumbermen”¹  for Div 2 – we almost did it.

– The Debussy is really hard

– You will know if your people can manage it – As an alternative what about Wood “Follow follow” (our Touring 4^tet)²  – not hard but wants very neat singing.

We are doing Holst Festival Te Deum (not Chime)  as well as Acis.
Pray for me on Thursday & waft me your love about 8.30.
Yrs

Uncle Ralph

1. No.2 of Two Part-Songs (1917), H.138, by Gustav Holst
2. Part-song by Charles Wood.
3.  i.e. Short Festival Te Deum, H.145, of 1919 as opposed to “A Festival Chime”, no.3 of Three Festival Choruses of 1916, H.134.