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KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. A.L.S., Rudyard Kipling, one page, 8vo, Rottingdean, 11th December 1897, to Sir Walter Parratt. Kipling acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter ('and need not say how flattered I feel at your proposal to include me in your scheme') and remarks 'But I fear that verse of the type that would best suit a latter day “Tribute to Oriana” is altogether beyond my powers, and I have never had any luck when I have attempted verses of occasion'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of good association and interesting content. Annotated in ink and pencil in an unidentified hand at the head of the page and with light overall foxing, G
Sir Walter Parratt (1841-1924) English organist and composer. In 1899, at the instigation of Parratt, Master of the Queen's Musick, thirteen British composers contributed songs to a collection modelled on The Triumphs of Oriana, entitled Choral Songs in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, published on the occasion of the Queen's 80th birthday.
