Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 10 March 1975, to Joseph Chouinard, 1975 Mar. 10.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 10 March 1975, to Joseph Chouinard, 1975 Mar. 10.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270959089

Answering his letter about Porter's review of a performance of Britten's Turn of the Screw, commenting on "spontaneous applause" at opera and concerts, mentioning Debussy's Pélleas et Mélisande, Mahler, Puccini, etc.

1 item (2 p., with envelope) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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