Composition

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Letter No.	Title	Transcribed text	Date
VWL3957	Extract from a letter from Gustav Holst to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear R V W [...] I have thought about it a good deal and these are some of my conclusions. 1) You have never lost your invention...	1903----
VWL141	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Ralph Wedgwood	Dear Randolph You've hit the nail on the head - I'm painfully conscious that I can't do the “C. Major” - when I try it turns out rot...	190608--
VWL433	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust	Dear Sir I fear there is no chance of my being able to revise my symphony for a long time to come. However, I do not think that the...	19170923
VWL444	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Edwin Evans	Dear Evans¹ Many thanks for your letter - I was much interested in your letter - it seemed most sound as far as I can judge -...	19180608
VWL466	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust	Opinion, as member of assessment panel for the Trust’s ‘Scheme for the publication of musical compositions’, on Chamber Rhapsody no.2 by Arthur...	19201215
VWL467	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust	Opinion, as member of assessment panel for the Trust’s ‘Scheme for the publication of musical compositions’, on ‘Among the Northumbrian Hills’:...	19201221
VWL632	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Edward J. Dent	Dear Dent May I ask you for some advice? A composition pupil of mine at the R.C.M.¹ whom I consider very gifted is anxious to go...	19260701
VWL3858	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Grace Williams	Dearest Grace Didn't I say anything about No 3. That's because I liked it - I only told you the things I didn't like - not the things...	193-----
VWL3831	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Grace Williams	Dear Grace Your wonderful letter has just arrived as I start for the R.C.M.¹but I must write a word. First business You...	1930----
VWL3894	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Grace Williams	Dear Grace I've read your long letter 3 times. I rejoice to think you are getting every moment of good out of your stay (this sounds priggish...	1930----

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