THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[17 May 1931]

Dearest Harriet

I sh^d love to come to your party if I possibly can – I have to be in Cambridge all day¹ – but if I get back in time I will come if I may²
Yrs

RVW

1. Job was being performed in Cambridge in July. See R.V.W.: a biography, p.188.
2. The party was at Harriet Cohen’s house in Wyndham Place, in support of the International Music Festival. VW did go to the party, but presumably left early as he went on to a concert at the Queen’s Hall later that evening where his Benedicite was performed.