THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking, Surrey.

12th October 1951

Dear Mr. Russell,¹

I am sending you herewith a list of the corrections in the orchestration of my “Sea Symphony”.
I think the references to full score and vocal score will be right. sufficient guide.
Yours sincerely

R Vaughan Williams

(R. Vaughan Williams).

J. Russell, Esq.,
Conductor, Newbury Choral Society,
c/o Gerald Finzi, Esq.

1. A friend of Gerald Finzi for whom VW wrote his piano concerto (eventually published as Eclogue (slow movement) and Grand Fantasia and Toccata (third and fourth movements).
 The list is now Additional Manuscript 71542, ff.2-7 in the British Library.