Advocacy

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Letter No.	Title	Transcribed text	Date
VWL2438	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the Editor of the Bournemouth Daily Echo.	Sir, A wise man once said that he would prefer to be Socrates discontented than to be a hog contented. The Town Council of Bournemouth...	19520624
VWL3968	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Stanley Bate	Dear Stanley I was much interested in your letter - I suppose the hectic life is good for your work - it would just shut me up altogether - I...	19471007
VWL4998	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Stanford Robinson	Dear Mr Stanford Robinson I am enclosing a short work for unaccompanied chorus by my old friend Harold Phillips - He and I were great friends...	193-0303
VWL4211	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Ivor Atkins	Dear Atkins I have been asked to mention to you the name of Miss Sophie Wyss - You may already have heard her as she often sings over the...	19380404
VWL1867	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood	Dear Wood You will hate me for worrying you - but I have just heard that another ex-pupil Elizabeth Maconchy has sent in a work for the...	19440225
VWL1328	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood	Dear Sir Henry I want to thank you for so kindly letting my ex-pupil Stanley Bate¹ call on you & show you his work He...	19380623
VWL1909	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Henry Wood	Dear Wood I am almost ashamed to be always worrying you - but that is the inevitable penalty of your kindness of heart. This time it...	19440329
VWL4967	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth	Dear Sir Alexander¹ Morris² has passed on to me the enclosed correspondence - I feel that anything which makes George's...	19230829
VWL5124	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Serge Koussevitsky	To M. Kussiwitzky Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston, Mass. Dear Monsieur Kussiwitzky I venture to send you herewith a copy of...	1932----
VWL1985	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Roy Budden	Dear Mr. Budden, Thank you very much for playing Müller-Hartmann's Suite yesterday. I thought it was a lovely little work and I think would...	19500322

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