Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Alan Frank (OUP)

Letter No.: 
VWL3483
April 26th 1957.

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

Dear Alan,

EPITALAMION.1

I think that as the mistakes are due to my laziness and Gus’s2 carelessness I ought to pay it all.  But I accept your offer to have it offset against royalties.
Yrs

RVW

Interesting about the activities of W G3 X R

1.  sic.
2.  Gus de Mauny, a copyist used at this time by VW.
3.  A reference to William Glock.

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File 810B
General notes: 

OUP had written on 25 April to say that Roy Douglas had spent some time in checking and revising the vocal score of Epithalamion, there was quite a bit of revision and that Douglas's bill for the work was £7.10s; OUP had suggested dividing the bill but VW offered to pay.

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570426