Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Roger Fiske (BBC)

Letter No. VWL3217

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Roger Fiske (BBC)

Letter No.: VWL3217

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

November 8th 1955.

Dear Mr Fiske,

I don’t mind your recording my talk at all, and I shall do exactly as you advise and ignore the machine!¹
Yours sincerely,

R Vaughan Williams

1. The talk to be recorded was being given to the Composers’ Concourse on “The Teaching of Parry and Stanford” on 17 November 1955 and was broadcast in a shortened form on 1 January 1956 – see Catalogue of Works, p.292.

To:

Fiske, Roger, 1910-1987
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Names:

Composers Concourse Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924 Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918
Subject:

Lectures Broadcasts
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

Typewritten, signed.
Location Of Original:

BBC Written Archives Centre
Shelfmark:

File 910, VW artist

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