THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Vera Hockman

Letter No. VWL3916

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Vera Hockman

Letter No.: VWL3916


[May 1942]

Dearest Vera
I am sending your script to the Musical Times.
That horrible woman “Dorabella” has queered the pitch for reminiscences – also that dreadful book by Basil Maine!1
My dear how sweet of you to write about Hugh – I am so glad when you like my tunes.2
All my love
Uncle Ralph


1. Basil Maine’s book  Elgar: his life and works  was published in in 1933, and Dora Penny (“Dorabella”)’s book  Edward Elgar: Memories of a Variation was published in 1937.
2. VW’s opera Hugh the Drover.