THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

July 6th 1956

Dear Simona,

Thank you so much for sending me the proofs.¹ As you know I will not criticise them, but only correct facts – and they seem quite correct.
I think the first time you mention Hodie you ought to add This Day in brackets, but please call it Hodie, which I prefer, on top of the page.
Love

Ralph

PS.(U) Dearest Simona, I like this very much, and I can’t tell you how much I agree about Sir John: I wish it could have a Christmas Season just as you suggest. I loathed the Sadlers Wells performance bitterly, but I saw it done by Birmingham Amateurs (sounds like a football team) & the Cambridge people and it makes me WILD its not done by a good professional company for all the world to enjoy.
Love

1. Of her book Ralph Vaughan Williams: a discovery of his music.