THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

July 18th 1953.

Dear Mr Fluck,

Please make the arrangement you suggest¹ but of course you must get leave of the publishers as well. You may know that Curwen’s publish a short cantata called ‘A Cotswold Romance,’ adapted from the opera.
Your letter also reminds me that a great many years ago a certain Mr Fly of Caterham School made a very successful arrangements of the opera as opera comique, i.e. with spoken dialogue.² I believe I have a copy somewhere, and have always meant to do something about it. Do you think that such an arrangement would be useful for schools? If so I will find out if Curwens would consider makeing³ such an arrangemet.⁴

Yours sincerely
R Vaughan Williams

1. Alan Fluck had apparently suggested making an arrangement of Hugh the Drover.
2. See VWL603, VWL611, VWL613, VWL792.
3. sic.
4. sic.