Correspondence of Ralph Vaughan Williams: arranged by correspondent
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Separate from the collection of letters arranged chronologically (MS Mus. 1714/1), this is a collection of more extended correspondence, organised by name of correspondent.
Ralph Vaughan Williams correspondence: Harold Child and others
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Letters from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Harold Child, relating to 'Hugh the Drover', published in 'RVW' (1964) as an appendix. (21 letters). Photocopies. Further papers relating to Hugh the Drover. Drafts of the libretto by Child, some correspondence, including a letter to Herbert Byard, fragments...
Ralph Vaughan Williams correspondence: Maud Karpeles
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Correspondence of Ralph Vaughan Williams (99 letters) and Maud Karpeles (47 letters). Karpeles' letters are copies and drafts. The letters mostly relate to the business of the English Folk Dance Society, to which Vaughan Williams and Karpeles were Musical Adviser and Hon. Secretary respectively.
Ralph Vaughan Williams correspondence: Hubert Foss and others
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Correspondence with Hubert Foss, Edward Dent and Neville Coghill, mostly relating to the opera 'Pilgrim's Progress'. With synopses, musical fragments and other materials. Including a libretto of the earlier work, 'Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress', which was performed at Reigate P...
Ralph Vaughan Williams correspondence: Robert Müller-Hartmann and others
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1. To Douglas Lilburn; 1939-1951. 14 letters. Copies. (Originals in National Library of New Zealand). 6 published in Cobbe. 2. To Fiona McCleary; 1953, n.d. 5 letters. Typed transcriptions. 3. Peter Montgomery. Letters to Peter Montgomery. [c1930-1955]. 19. Copies. 4. To Robert Müller-Hartmann; [...
Ralph Vaughan Williams correspondence: Herbert Byard and others
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1. Herbert Byard. Letters to Herbert Byard. [1946-1958]. 25 letters, seven of which are published in Cobbe. Also includes: a letter from Byard, 1954; - a letter from Ursula Vaughan Williams to Byard, 1953; - A letter from Byard to Ursula Vaughan Williams, 1960. 2. To Rutland Boughton; [c1929-1950...