THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

[1931]

Dear Maud
Herewith
Tempest & Corn Riggs (revised)
I will want instructions re Soldiers Joy¹
RVW

1. VW was making arrangements [enclosures not present] of folk dance tunes  for Twelve Traditional Country Dances (Catalogue of Works, 1931/1), collected by Maud Karpeles. The works mentioned here are ‘The Tempest’, no. 10 of the Dances; ‘Corn Rigs’, no.1; and ‘Soldier’s Joy’, no. 3 of the collection. Vaughan Williams was arranging the tunes for piano.