Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Evelyn Sharp
Letter No. VWL552
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Evelyn Sharp
Letter No.: VWL552
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
[Mid 1937]
Dear Evelyn Sharp
Thankyou very much for the press cuttings
I daresay you know of performances1 at Bristol & Bridport in Nov: Also overture & concert version of Tenor songs in Act II at Gloucester Fest (not in cathedral)
I’ve been reading Rape of the Lock – delightful – but how wd it make an opera?
Yrs
RVW
1. i.e. of The Poisoned Kiss (Catalogue of Works 1936/2). The Bristol performances, at the Victoria Rooms, were on 1st and 2nd November; VW attended on the 2nd. The Fellowship of Bridport Singers performed with piano on November 2nd.
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Date inferred from content; the overture and songs were performed at the 1937 Three Choirs Festival.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 161, f.114
