Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1947-1948.

ArchivalResource

Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1947-1948.

In a letter of 1947 Diether includes an excerpt of a letter he had recently written to the Los Angeles Daily News in response to a review of a performance of a work by Gustav Mahler; the folder also includes a copy of a letter he wrote to the New York Times music critic Olin Downes in response to Downes's review of a performance of Gustav Mahler's seventh symphony in 1948.

4 items (5 leaves).

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Diether, Jack

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn7rc6 (person)

Olin Downes was a music critic for the New York Times and the recipient of a letter from Jack Diether, a copy of which Dieter forwarded to Alma Mahler. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1947-1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863150 Jack Diether (1919-1987) was a noted musicologist and scholar. He was especially known for his expertise of Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner. Over the years, although h...

Downes, Olin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn36kf (person)

American music critic. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : New York, 22 April 1932 and 16 June 1939, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1932 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565951 Olin Downes (1886-1955), American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955). From the description of Olin Downes manuscripts, [ca. 1926-1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476554 From the description of O...