Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Stainer and Bell
Letter No. VWL408
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Stainer and Bell
Letter No.: VWL408
July 13th 1914
Received from Stainer & Bell Ltd the sum of Two Guineas (£2.2.0) in consideration of which sum I hereby sell to them the plates of Anthem “O Praise the Lord” composed by me.1
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1. See Catalogue of Works p.70 1913/3. It is not clear who was the first publisher of the anthem.
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This letter, typed on Stainer & Bell’s headed writing paper,and signed by VW, was sold at Sotheby’s on 21 November 1990, lot 387.
