THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood

Letter No. VWL1274

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood

Letter No.: VWL1274


The White Gates,
Dorking.

Jan 24 [1938]

Dear Sir Henry

I should love to write have the honour of writing1 a piece in your praise if I can manage it. Is there any poet you can suggest who could write me some words appropriate for the occasion
How about asking the Poet Laureate?2
Yrs sincerely

R Vaughan Williams


1.  sic.
2.  VW composed the Serenade to Music, with words by William Shakespeare, for the Jubilee Concert for Henry Wood, 5 October 1938.