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Letter No.	Title	Transcribed text	Date
VWL1478	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Leslie Woodgate	Dear Leslie¹ Thank you very much for what seemed a fine performance of my 6 songs.² It is the first time I have...	19401221
VWL1471	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult (BBC)	Dear Adrian I am so sorry I can’t see my way to spend a night away from home in these circumstances - I know the songs will be all right in...	19401115
VWL1466	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kenneth Wright (BBC)	Dear Mr. Wright Many thanks for your letter. I am so sorry to hear you have been ill. I hope Foss told you of a provisional C^tee...	19401031
VWL1463	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult (BBC)	Dear Adrian Here is a suggestion for the patriotic song.¹ Please criticize it (1) Its artistic merit if any (2) Its...	19401026
VWL1458	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult (BBC)	Dear Adrian I have been asked by the Home Office to form a Committee to recommend release of interned musicians of “special distinction”. ...	19401004
VWL1439	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Reginald Thatcher (BBC)	Dear Thatcher I sh^d much like the B.B.C to do my tunes - but (1) I am not yet definitely released by the Proms (2) I...	19400924
VWL1434	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult (BBC)	Dear Adrian I wish I’d known of this 6 months ago - because in a way I feel I’ve already shot my bolt & the M.O.I. are a way behind...	19400902
VWL1432	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult (BBC)	Dear Adrian Thank you for a lovely performance of 5 T.P.’s yesterday. I find I owe you an apology - Bessy Trevelyan tells me that you...	19400826
VWL1429	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult (BBC)	Dear Adrian Many thanks for your letter. I know Toveys death was announced over the wireless - but of course I referred to notice in...	19400815
VWL1412	Talk by Ralph Vaughan Williams on folk song music for the BBC	Talk on folk-song music for BBC BBC Military Band Programme: 27th March, 1940, 9.35 p.m. FOLK-SONG MUSIC – 2 Script...	19400327

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