THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kathleen Merritt

Letter No. VWL3637

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kathleen Merritt

Letter No.: VWL3637


From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[1935?]

Dear K.

(1) Folk song suite no use to you.  Mil. Band music arrt not for str but full orch
(2) I didn’t mention 4 hymns1 because you have no tenor.  Now I think of it? Dorothy2 has sung them & they go all right for sop
Love from

Uncle Ralph


1.  VW’s Four hymns for tenor, viola and strings

2. VW had conducted Dorothy Silk singing Four Hymns for radio on 18 February 1934. See VWL745.