Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)
Letter No.:
VWL2673
25th March, 1953
The White Gates,
Dorking,
Surrey.
Dear Frank,1
I quite agree with you. I do not see how the Shakespearian songs could possibly be done for men’s voices, but if anyone likes to have a shot at it and I approve, all is well.2
Yrs,
RVW
1. Music Editor in succession to Norman Peterkin (1947); Head of Music from 1954 until his retirement in 1975.
2. No TTBB arrangement of the Three Shakespeare Songs (Catalogue of Works 1951/3) was published.
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Shelfmark of original letter:
File 119L
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Letter
Original database number:
530325a