Hugh Cobbe joined the British Museum Department of Manuscripts in 1967, where he was a curator of manuscript music and maps. After the department passed to the British Library, he was in due course Head of Publications in the Library for seven years before being appointed Head of Music Collections in 1985, a post which he held until 2001. He was then made Head of British Collections until his retirement. He was for 16 years a Trustee of the Britten-Pears Foundation and was President of the Royal Musical Association 2002 - 2005. He is Deputy Chairman of the R.V.W. Trust and a Director of the Vaughan Williams Estate. He was appointed OBE in 2003 for 'services to libraries'.

• FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Earliest letters (c.1895) down to the outbreak of the First World War: 1895 - 1914 ; 2. From the beginning of the First World War until the move to Dorking: 1914 - 1929 ; 3. From the move to Dorking until the outbreak of the Second World War: 1929 - September 1939 ; 4. The Second World War: September 1939 - May 1945 ; 5. From the Second World War to the move back to London: June 1945 - 15 September 1953 ; 6. From the move back to London until VW's death: 15 September 1953 - August 1958 ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX OF WORKS ; GENERAL INDEX

[a] splendid book

Hugh Cobbe joined the British Museum Department of Manuscripts in 1967, where he was a curator of manuscript music and maps. After the department passed to the British Library, he was in due course Head of Publications in the Library for seven years before being appointed Head of Music Collections in 1985, a post which he held until 2001. He was then made Head of British Collections until his retirement. He was for 16 years a Trustee of the Britten-Pears Foundation and was President of the Royal Musical Association 2002 - 2005. He is Deputy Chairman of the R.V.W. Trust and a Director of the Vaughan Williams Estate. He was appointed OBE in 2003 for 'services to libraries'.

• FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Earliest letters (c.1895) down to the outbreak of the First World War: 1895 - 1914 ; 2. From the beginning of the First World War until the move to Dorking: 1914 - 1929 ; 3. From the move to Dorking until the outbreak of the Second World War: 1929 - September 1939 ; 4. The Second World War: September 1939 - May 1945 ; 5. From the Second World War to the move back to London: June 1945 - 15 September 1953 ; 6. From the move back to London until VW's death: 15 September 1953 - August 1958 ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX OF WORKS ; GENERAL INDEX

[a] splendid book

Hugh Cobbe joined the British Museum Department of Manuscripts in 1967, where he was a curator of manuscript music and maps. After the department passed to the British Library, he was in due course Head of Publications in the Library for seven years before being appointed Head of Music Collections in 1985, a post which he held until 2001. He was then made Head of British Collections until his retirement. He was for 16 years a Trustee of the Britten-Pears Foundation and was President of the Royal Musical Association 2002 - 2005. He is Deputy Chairman of the R.V.W. Trust and a Director of the Vaughan Williams Estate. He was appointed OBE in 2003 for 'services to libraries'.

• FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Earliest letters (c.1895) down to the outbreak of the First World War: 1895 - 1914 ; 2. From the beginning of the First World War until the move to Dorking: 1914 - 1929 ; 3. From the move to Dorking until the outbreak of the Second World War: 1929 - September 1939 ; 4. The Second World War: September 1939 - May 1945 ; 5. From the Second World War to the move back to London: June 1945 - 15 September 1953 ; 6. From the move back to London until VW's death: 15 September 1953 - August 1958 ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX OF WORKS ; GENERAL INDEX

[a] splendid book