LS in the hand of his wife Adeline, signed by him as “R. Vaughan Williams,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, February 8, [no year]. Letter to English composer Ernest John Moeran, in full: "Many thanks for the copy of the Nocturne. I thought it beautiful. I think the references to Delius in the Press are absurd. Doubtless if Delius had not existed it might not have been written just as Delius would not have been written without Grieg or Grieg without Schumann and so on back to Tubal Cain. I find in your work distinction of style that I fail to find usually in Delius with the notable exception of the Wedding procession (not The Paradise Garden) in Romeo & Juliet." In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds and scattered light foxing.
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