Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kathleen Merritt
Letter No. VWL3638
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kathleen Merritt
Letter No.: VWL3638
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Tuesday [?June 1939 ]
My Dear K
I once arranged the E. hymn1 for strings & the last I knew of it was that Steuart Wilson lent it to Joyce Sutton2 – if you can trace it you are welcome to it – It is most sad about P’field.3
Why do you never come to see me at R.C.M.?4
Love from
Uncle Ralph
P.S. Could you some time tell me the name of the school at Weybridge where you used to teach
1. Evening hymn, from Four hymns for tenor and strings.
2. Joyce Sutton, contralto
3. Petersfield. Merritt was a pioneering woman conductor who founded the Petersfield Orchestra and conducted the Petersfield Choral Society.
4. Royal College of Music
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1532, f.87