Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to William McKie
Letter No.:
VWL4954
Feb 21 [1947]
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking
Dear Dr McKie
I don't think I can do a Justorum1 - I can't do "pieces d'occasion" - Would the enclosed be any use (I admit that is was a "piece d'occasion" (for George R.V.2))
Yrs sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. McKie had asked if VW would write an anthem for dedication of the Battle of Britain chapel at Westminster Abbey. VW eventually agreed; see further in VWL4955-VWL4959.
2. i.e. King George V. The enclosure is not present.
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MS 62314
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