Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1895-1958

The book comprises a selection of some 750 letters of the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, selected from an extant corpus of about 3,300. The letters are arranged chronologically and have been chosen to provide a cumulative pen-picture of the composer in his own words. In general the letters reflect VW''s major preoccupations: musical, personal and political. It was not VW''s way to discuss his i...