Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Hubert Foss
Letter No. VWL1683
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Hubert Foss
Letter No.: VWL1683
The White Gates,
Dorking.
Aug 31 [1942]
Dear Hubert
I always want to do what you ask. But in this case is it politic – one of the duties of your society will be to push (among other peoples) my compositions – can I therefore become president of such a society – what do you think?1
Yrs
RVW
1. This almost certainly refers to the invitation to VW to become the first President of the Society for the Promotion of New Music, which he did in fact accept. The society was brought into being in January 1943. See R.V.W.: a biography, p.256-7.
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus. 1714/1/14, f.10
