Feb 25, 2021 - Sale 2559

Sale 2559 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH. Program for his opera, Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, Signed, "RVaughanWilliams," at upper edge of first page. Additionally signed by the conductor of this performance, Thomas Beecham, beside his printed name at lower right of first page. 4 pages, small 4to, folded sheet; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, horizontal fold, remnant of prior hinging at upper edge of terminal page. [London, June 1933?]

Additional Details

Two performances of Hugh the Drover took place at the Royal College of Music on June 16 and 17, 1933, held to benefit the Ernest Palmer Opera Study Fund. The first performance was attended by King George V.