Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Ursula Wood

Letter No. VWL1492

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Ursula Wood

Letter No.: VWL1492

[about 12 July 1940]

My Dear

Your poem is lovely – Do you know the old saying that women should be divided into the high-heeled and the high-souled – you are both my dear.
They do “Flos”¹ on Wednesday at B.B.C. (I think Wednesday)²
Love

RVW

1. Flos Campi, Catalogue of Works, 2nd ed., p.105 (1925/5)
2. The performance on the BBC Home Service was at 8 pm on Wednesday 17 July 1940, with the BBC Orchestra (Section A) conducted by Clarence Raybould, BBC Chorus (chorusmaster Leslie Woodgate), Henry Cummings (baritone), Winifred Copperwheat (viola). The programme comprised VW’s Flos Campi and Sea Drift by Delius.

To:

Wood, Ursula, 1911-2007
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Scribe:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Names:

British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Symphony Orchestra Raybould, Clarence, 1886-1972 Copperwheat, Winifred, 1905-1976 Cummings, Henry, 1906-1989
Subject:

Poetry Broadcasts
Musical Works:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Flos campi Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Sea Drift
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

The letter is written on the reverse of a letter to VW from the Bach Choir dated 3rd July 1940.
Location Of Original:

British Library
Shelfmark:

MS Mus. 1714/1/13, f. 23

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