THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Performing Right Society

Letter No. VWL4016

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Performing Right Society

Letter No.: VWL4016


The White Gates
Dorking

Jan 4th [1940]

Dear Sir
                        Dorking Concert Dec 251

In reply to your letter of Dec 29
The arrangers & publishers are as follows

Hume       Fain would I )
Dowland  Come again  )  (Keel)  Boosey
Attey        On a time     )

Purcell
Morning Hymn    )
Evening Hymn     )  Novello
Hark the echoing  )

Purcell
Fairest Isle          National Song Book (Boosey[)]

I omitted to mention that the following songs by Brahms were sung at the same concert – I was not aware that they were copyright
Feldeinsamkeit
Sonntag
Die Mainacht
Der Schmied
Vergebliches Ständchen
Vorn Ewiger Liebe

Yrs faithfully
R Vaughan Williams