THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

13 Cheyne Walk,
S.W.3

[16 August 1926]

Dear Dent

(a) I enclose a cheque for your “Steuart” fund¹
(b) W^d you be so v. kind as to give some advice to a pupil of mine² – may he come to see you – He has just won the ‘Octavia’ scholarship for a year’s study abroad – & your advice w^d be v. valuable – especially with regard to Italy – it seems to me the best teaching now is going on in Italy – at all events the Italian composers seem to know their job extraordinarily well.
Yours sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams

1. A reference to Steuart Wilson who had sung Tamino in Dent’s production of Zauberflöte in 1911. See VWL575.
2. Identify if poss. – ask at RCM