THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to W.W. Thompson of the BBC

Letter No. VWL678

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to W.W. Thompson of the BBC

Letter No.: VWL678


From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[July 1939]

Dear Mr Thompson

I am asking Dr Hull of Hereford1 to send you a copy of the notes I have written for them
Please note title
Five variants of “Dives and Lazarus”2
The “ ” (inverted commas) are important as they are the title of the tune from which the variants are derived.
Yrs sincerely

R Vaughan Williams


1.  Percy Hull, organist of Hereford Cathedral 1918-1949, knighted in 1947.
2.  Catalogue of Works 1939/2.