Correspondence to Gustav Mahler, 1908.

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Correspondence to Gustav Mahler, 1908.

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The letter concerns clarification of certain aspects of Gustav Mahler's contract with the Metropolitan Opera for the years 1908 to 1911. The item is apparently a page from a carbon of the typescript draft for Alma Mahler's memoir Gustav Mahler - Erinnerungen und Briefe (the letter from Kahn was not included in the published book). For a photocopy of the complete letter, as well as related correspondence, from Kahn and others, including Heinrich Conried, concerning Mahler's contract with the Metropolitan Opera, see under: Writings by Alma Mahler, Photocopy of Typescript Draft for Gustav Mahler - Erinnerungen und Briefe (the typescript contains many unpublished letters and passages). For a copy of the contract (signed 1907, with Conried Metropolitan Opera Company), see under: Memorabilia related to Gustav Mahler.

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