Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harriet Cohen
Letter No. VWL829
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harriet Cohen
Letter No.: VWL829
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
7 Jan 1930
My Dear Harriet
This is very sweet of you. One is finished, but I think one alone wd be no use to you – the other is only howling in the air & has not been harnessed yet.
But if you like I will send the one to you – I think you will probably hate it – & you must be honest about it.
Yrs
R.V.W.
1. VW is referring to Hymn Tune Prelude on ‘Song 13’ by Orlando Gibbons, Catalogue of Works 1930/3, of which Harriet Cohen gave the first performance on 14th January 1930 at the Wigmore Hall. The second was never written.
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Addressed to Harriet Cohen at 13 Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, W.1. Date from postmark.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1642, ff.8-9
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Citation:R.V.W.: a biography, p.181
