Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joan Shaw
Letter No. VWL4101
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Joan Shaw
Letter No.: VWL4101
From R. Vaughan Williams
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
[?1938]
Dear Joan
Thank you very much for writing to me about Diccon.
What do the authorities at Rugby say? That seems to me important.
Personally I feel against the RCM. From your account I should say he could not hold his own against the appalling specialized skills of the modern professional. Also I should like him to go & ?? very much – then if he really found his metier was music he might go to the RCM afterwards.
Is he really good enough on his violin to take it up professionally? – & even then the life of an orchestral player & teacher is not a very bright one.
Does he want to be a schoolmaster – with his many & generalized gifts a music master at a school might be a solution – but 3 years at Cambridge wd all be to the good for that. I’ve never done anything for Diccon yet. I was biding my time – what ever he decides on I should like to help in a suitable way if I may. The first thing to do it seems to me is to find out what they advise at Rugby.
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R. Vaughan Williams
My love to Martin.
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Shelfmark:MS Mus. 1767/3/1/1/12 (1)