Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to W. Paston
Letter No. VWL4977
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to W. Paston
Letter No.: VWL4977
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Sunday [22 or 29 May 1938]
Dear Mr. Paston1
Many thanks for kindly sending me the information which is just what I wanted.2
Yours sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. Mr W. Paston was an assistant or secretary to Leslie Boosey, of Boosey & Hawkes music publishers, between the wars.
2. VW had asked for popular music ideas from the period of 1895 in order to help compose music for England’s Pleasant Land, see VWL4976.
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Typewritten, signed by VW.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1813/2/1/219/8
