Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Philip Mackay

Letter No. VWL4696

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Philip Mackay

Letter No.: VWL4696

10 Hanover Terrace, London NW1

[17 Oct 1957]

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Thanks you for your good wishes¹

I am glad you still like Mozart – you will like him better as you grow clever[er]. I hope you will be better soon
R Vaughan Williams²

1. For his 85th birthday.
2. The first two lines printed, the remainder in the hand of VW.

To:

Mackay, Philip
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Scribe:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Format:

Postcard
General Notes:

Date from postmark. Philip Mackay was a schoolboy at boarding school, who had previously written to VW about his enthusiasm for both The Wasps and Mozart. This is confirmed in a letter at the British Library, MS Mus. 1714/1/23, f. 55, from Philip’s father Angus Mackay to John Brown at Oxford University Press. VW’s response to the first letter does not appear to be extant.
Location Of Copy:

British Library
Shelfmark Copy:

MS Mus. 1714/1/23, f. 56