Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Ernest Newman
Letter No. VWL4227
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Ernest Newman
Letter No.: VWL4227
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
May 4th [1940]
Dear Mr Newman
I take the liberty of sending you the enclosed in case by any chance you would be able and willing to come.
Gundry was a pupil of mine and I am much interest[ed] in his work (His music is not in the least like mine)
Please do not trouble to answer this – I know how busy you are
Yours sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. The enclosed was a handbill for a performance of Gundry’s opera The Return of Odysseus at the Royal College of Music on May 25, 1940. (British Library MS Mus.161, f.8). Newman may or may not have turned up, but there is no review by him in the Sunday Times.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 161, ff.7-8
