THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

May 11 [1955]

Dear May¹

I agree to paying 4 dollars to register “Song for a Spring Festival” in U.S.A. to be charged to my royalties a/c.
By the way – you know, do you not, that I am paying all expenses in the production²
[Remainder of letter missing]

1. Rights and royalties manager at Oxford University Press.
2. VW had presented the Song for a Spring Festival (Catalogue of Works 1955/1) to the Leith Hill Musical Festival as a present for their exclusive use, and was therefore reimbursing Oxford University Press for all costs associated with the production and copyright registration of the work.