Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harriet Cohen
Letter No. VWL1109
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harriet Cohen
Letter No.: VWL1109
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
[27th November 1936]
Dearest Harriet
How sweet of you to telegraph – I am so sorry – of course you mustn’t hurt yourself over that wretched concerto.1
But how glad I am to see you are playing Betty’s – it’s the younger generation that matters2
Yrs
RVW
1. Cohen had presumably decided not to perform it at the forthcoming concert, probably at the Usher Hall on 4 December, for health reasons.
2. Presumably Elizabeth Maconchy’s Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra.
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Date from postmark (27 Nov 1936).
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1642, ff. 79-80
