THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Vally Lasker

Letter No. VWL513

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Vally Lasker

Letter No.: VWL513


35 Lansdowne Road,
Holland Park, W.11.

13 Cheyne Walk
S.W.3

April 2nd 23.

Dear Miss Lasker

My lecture on April 17th – will you let me know what Madrigals & Motets Morley College know so that I can fix my lecture round them.1
I have heard from Gustav (& I agree) that it wd be best for you & Miss Joseph to conduct.2
Yrs very sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams


1. The lecture was advertised in the Daily Telegraph on 14 April. It was on the madrigals of Byrd and Weelkes, with illustrations by Morley College Choir, and proceeds to the ‘fund for the removal of the college’.
2. Gustav Holst, Vally Lasker and Jane Joseph, of St Paul’s Girls’ School, all taught at Morley College.