THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking.

Thurs [mid-1941]

Dear M^r Blech¹

Of course I should be proud and pleased for you to play my 4^tet  if you consider it suitable for the programme.² I have already heard from Dr Kalmus³ about it – & it occurs to me that such a very simple work might be out of place in such very modern surroundings.
However I leave that entirely to your judgement.
If you think of doing it will you get directly in touch with O.U.P. who control it. I think while M^r Foss is ill that M^r Peterkin would be the best person to approach.
Yours sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams

P.S. I received quite a cheerful letter from Foss on Saturday.

1. At this time leader of the Blech String Quartet and later (1949) founder and conductor of the London Mozart Players. 
2. Household Music: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes for string quartet, first performed by the Blech String Quartet on 4 October 1941.
3. Alfred Kalmus, London manager of Universal Edition.