Autograph letter signed, dated : Boston, 7 January 1924, to [Marya Freund], 1924 Jan. 7.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Boston, 7 January 1924, to [Marya Freund], 1924 Jan. 7.

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Concerning her concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on 25 and 26 January, saying that he plans to perform [Beethoven's] Pastoral Symphony and [Stravinsky's] Sacre du printemps, asking her to choose two or three songs lasting not longer than 12 or 15 minutes, saying that two leading critics have expressed regret that she has chosen Mahler for her debut in Boston, where they do not like Mahler in general, etc.

1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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