THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

Letter No. VWL1380

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

Letter No.: VWL1380


From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[30th January 1940]

Dear Armstrong

Thank you so much for your letter which told me just what I wanted to know.1
We must have Odysseus2 after the war when we are getting over our meal of turnips and grass.
Yrs

RVW


1. Possibly VWL525 where VW sought Gibbs’ advice.
2. Gibbs’ choral symphony (1937-1938).