THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Maud Karpeles

Letter No. VWL4826

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Maud Karpeles

Letter No.: VWL4826


The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[August 1933]

Dear Maud
Herewith the screed with a few emendations.
I only doubt about the opening sentence – it was originally written as an answer to Foxy’s statement that Sharp was not a creative artist.1 If it stands away from this context does it not want amplifying?
Sorry for all your trouble – I am now walking with a stick2
Yrs RVW


1. A.H. Fox-Strangways, who had collaborated with Karpeles on a biography of Cecil Sharp.
2. Karpeles enquires after VW’s ankle in a letter to him on 1st July 1933.