Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Vera Hockman
Letter No. VWL3916
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Vera Hockman
Letter No.: VWL3916
[May 1942]
Dearest Vera
I am sending your script to the Musical Times.
That horrible woman “Dorabella” has queered the pitch for reminiscences – also that dreadful book by Basil Maine!1
My dear how sweet of you to write about Hugh – I am so glad when you like my tunes.2
All my love
Uncle Ralph
1. Basil Maine’s book Elgar: his life and works was published in in 1933, and Dora Penny (“Dorabella”)’s book Edward Elgar: Memories of a Variation was published in 1937.
2. VW’s opera Hugh the Drover.
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Written on the reverse of an ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) Rail Pass dated 30/4/1942
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