THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Gerald Finzi

Letter No. VWL3132

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Gerald Finzi

Letter No.: VWL3132


Dork.

Tuesday [18th October 1949]

We listened in to the wonderful new series. R is writing later.  As for me my cup of delight was brimful after No 1.
Yrs

AMVW

Re Before & After Summer. 1st performance1


1. Postscript in UW’s hand. Before and After Summer was first performed by Robert Irwin and Frederick Stone and broadcast on 17 October 1949. The first song is Childhood among the ferns.