THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates
Dorking

July 23 [1946]

Dear Adrian

Thankyou so much for your letter – you are being noble in persisting in doing British music to unwilling foreigners
As regards your queries¹ – last movement 5 bars before (12) – I don’t know what I meant but what I want is low B for the V^as (doubling the 2nd horn) i.e.   instead of – 3 bars after 12 Fl and Ob obviously F
No don’t double the horns – I only put it in because Malcolm² worried me into it
The records of Job have come – and the few sides I heard sounded fine – then unfortunately our gramophone went wrong!

Yrs
RVW

1. Boult had sent various questions about VW’s Symphony no. 5.
2. Malcolm Sargent
3. Job, Catalogue of Works 1930/5.