Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Thanksgiving for victory

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Letter No.	Title	Transcribed text	Date
VWL1800	Letter from Arthur Bliss to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear Ralph, We are very anxious for you, if you will, to write a Victory Anthem, to be used at the end of the war. If you would honour us...	19430817
VWL1813	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to James W. Welch (BBC)	Dear Mr Welch¹ Only today (when your letter arrived) I was about to send you a revised version of the Victory Anthem^2...	19431023
VWL1816	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Norman Peterkin	Dear Peterkin Many thanks for your letter about the ‘Victory’ anthem. As far as I remember I have not yet promised to do it, but...	19431029
VWL1821	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Arthur Bliss (BBC)	Dear Arthur Here is a sketch for the “Victory Anthem”¹ - If it is at all the sort of thing you are likely to want will you have...	19431215
VWL1846	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Norman Peterkin	Dear Peterkin As usual the BBC are careless and ignorant. As you say, the words in my Anthem are not from ‘Recessional’ but...	19440101
VWL1927	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kenneth Wright (BBC)	Dear Mr. Wright I received the score of the ‘Victory’ Anthem yesterday Aug 17, enclosing a letter from Boult dated Aug 12!¹...	19440818
VWL1931	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Kenneth Wright (BBC)	Dear Mr. Wright Herewith the full score of the V. anthem¹ - I have not written in the voice parts because I thought that w^d...	19440903
VWL1932	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Reverend James Welch	Dear Dr Welch¹ I am glad to understand that you approve of the words of my Victory Anthem.² May I venture to...	19440908
VWL1933	Letter from James W. Welch (BBC) to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear Dr Vaughan Williams Many thanks for your letter of September 8^th. We are all very excited about the Victory Anthem^1...	19440912
VWL1959	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Victor Hely-Hutchinson (BBC)	Personal Dear Hely Hutchinson This has nothing to do with the anthem!¹ An ex pupil of mine Grace WILLIAMS has...	194410--

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