Most people would nowadays associate Sir Henry Wood with the Royal Albert Hall via the Proms concerts. In 1938, though, when the Proms were still performed at the Queen's Hall, a Jubilee Concert was held for Sir Henry at the Royal Albert Hall, and it was for this event that Ralph Vaughan Williams composed the "Serenade to Music." Setting a passage from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Vaughan Williams created a unique piece for sixteen individual voices, identified by their initials in the score.