Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Performing Right Society
The White Gates
Dorking
Dear Sir
Dorking Concert Dec 251
In reply to your letter of Dec 29
The arrangers & publishers are as follows
Hume Fain would I )
Dowland Come again ) (Keel) Boosey
Attey On a time )
Purcell
Morning Hymn )
Evening Hymn ) Novello
Hark the echoing )
Purcell
Fairest Isle National Song Book (Boosey[)]
I omitted to mention that the following songs by Brahms were sung at the same concert - I was not aware that they were copyright
Feldeinsamkeit
Sonntag
Die Mainacht
Der Schmied
Vergebliches Ständchen
Vorn Ewiger Liebe
Yrs faithfully
R Vaughan Williams
Subjects:
Places:
Musical works:
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Romanzen und Lieder, op. 84. Vergebliches Ständchen
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Lieder, op. 86. Feldeinsamkeit
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Gedichte, op. 19. Schmied
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Lieder, op. 47. Sonntag
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Gesänge, op. 43. Mainacht
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Gesänge, op. 43. Von ewiger Liebe
- Hume, Tobias, d.1645. Fain would I change
- Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Come again
- Attey, John, d.1640. On a time
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Evening hymn, Z 193
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Morning Hymn, Z 198
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen, Z 629. Hark the echoing air
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur, Z 628. Fairest Isle