THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

October 14th 1952.

Dear Gerald and Joyce,

I have eaten your pears for three days without stopping now, they are delicious.
I have looked at your Magnificat¹ between the letters, and I like the look of it very much, but I shall go through it throughly² when this tyranny is overpast.³ 
It was wonderful of you to come to both concerts.⁴
Love from

Uncle Ralph

1. Magnificat, op.36, for chorus and organ.
2. sic.
3. an allusion to Psalm 57, v.1.
4. Held in celebration of VW’s 80th birthday at Dorking and the Royal Festival Hall. See R.V.W.: a biography pp.326-8.