THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,

12th August, 1948.

Dear Mr Koussevitzky,
Thank you very much for your kind cable. I feel it a great honour that you should have given the first performance of my Symphony¹ in America.
Yours sincerely,
R Vaughan Williams

(R. Vaughan Williams).

Mr. Serge Koussevitzky,
Berkshire Festival,
Lennox,
Mass, U.S.A.

1. VW’s Symphony no. 6, which had been performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on August 7. Koussevitsky had cabled “American premiere your great Sixth Symphony at Berkshire Festival August 7. Deep impression magnificent reception and reviews Congratulations greetings”.