Typewritten letter signed, dated Wilton, Conn., 1 August 1999, to Joan Peyser, 1999 Aug. 1.

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Typewritten letter signed, dated Wilton, Conn., 1 August 1999, to Joan Peyser, 1999 Aug. 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270992201

Saying that he is not knowledgeable about Boulez's music, suggesting that whoever mentioned his enthusiasm for Boulez had him confused with Darius Milhaud--"my 'French connection'"--Adding that he enjoyed her book on Bernstein and looks forward to the new one on Boulez and 20th-century music.

1 item (1 p., with envelope) ; 28 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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