THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Gerald Cockshott

Letter No. VWL4747

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Gerald Cockshott

Letter No.: VWL4747


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

Sept 1st [late 1940s]

Dear Cockshott
Thankyou very much for sending your excellent arrangements of charming tunes. I was interested in your article on Weyse1 – though I can’t say that your quotations inspire me to explore further!
Yours sincerely
R Vaughan Williams


1. The song writer Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, the ‘Danish Schubert’.  Cockshott published articles on Danish music.