THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,
Surrey.

10th August 1949

Dear Havergal Brian¹

Thank you so much for your letter.
The very day it arrived I was occupied in making a Latin version of “Sancta Civitas”. Perhaps you do not remember that in very early days you helped me a lot with the score, for which I am very grateful.²
Yours sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams

1.  The composer.
2.  Brian made a piano arrangement of Sancta Civitas in 1925.