Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to William Rothenstein
Letter No.:
VWL756
July 10 [1935]
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Dear Rothenstein
Please forgive my delay in answering your letter with its kind offer of a portrait for the proposed Holst room.1 Our committee did not meet till quite lately and I told them of your kind offer which they accept with gratitude.2
Yours sincerely
R. Vaughan Williams
1. The Holst Room was to be a memorial to Gustav Holst at Morley College - see Michael Short, Gustav Holst: the man and his music, p.331.
2. See VWL732.
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Location of original letter:
Shelfmark of original letter:
BMS ENG 1148 (1552)
Location of copy:
Shelfmark of copy:
MS Mus. 1714/1/9, ff.85-86
General notes:
Year from postmark.
In the hand of AVW, signed by VW.
Format:
Letter
Original database number:
350710