Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Henry Wood
Letter No. VWL238
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Henry Wood
Letter No.: VWL238
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Jan 22 [1937]
Dear Sir Henry Wood
I listened in with great interest to your performance of my symphony
– It seemed to be an excellent performance as far as I could judge & I don’t like the work itself much – but that is another question1
Yours sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. Henry Wood conducted the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra playing VW’s Symphony no.4 in Liverpool on the evening of 19 January 1937, broadcast on BBC National radio.
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Date from Michael Kennedy’s Works of Vaughan Williams, p.402.
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Shelfmark:Add. MS 56422, f. 160
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Citation:Kennedy, Works of Vaughan Williams, p.402
