THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joyce Stanhope-Lovell

Letter No. VWL4963

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joyce Stanhope-Lovell

Letter No.: VWL4963


From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

Sept 2d 1955

With kind regards

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Mrs Stanhope-Lovell’s book1 ought to be useful as a guide to inexperienced music teachers. The love of music should come first and Theory and Technique should only be used as a means of expressing that love. Mrs Stanhope-Lovell is quite sound on the point.

Ralph Vaughan Williams


1. See VWL4962; the author had presumably asked VW for an endorsement.