Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Chicago, 9 January and 11 February 1980, to Joan Peyser, 1980 Jan. 9.

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Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : Chicago, 9 January and 11 February 1980, to Joan Peyser, 1980 Jan. 9.

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Saying how impressed he was by a recent performance of Schoenberg's Pierre lunaire, how deeply shocked he was to read about the Richard Gerstl affair in Peyser's book on The new music, asking how it was possible "that the news of this terrible tragedy never surfaced before you wrote about it," asking for the sources of verification offered to Peyser by Alessandra Comini, mentioning Heinrich Jalowetz, [Hans Heinz] Stuckenschmidt, etc.

2 items (3 p.) ; 28 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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