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OJ 70/37, [1] - Typewritten letter from Roger Sessions to Moriz Violin, dated December 14, 1949
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[This letter is in English]
⇧ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA ⇧ Mr. Moriz Violin 44 Potomac St. San Francisco 17 Dear Mr. Violin: 1 Prof. Schoenberg wrote me several weeks ago regarding you and your work, and I am very anxious to meet you and talk with you. Unfortunately I put off writing you longer than I intended to do – I have been terribly busy with a rather uncongenial task which has had to be done. But I still would like to see you if I could possibly do so, before I leave on a trip to New York the day after Christmas. I wonder if you could possibly phone me at your earliest convenience – my number is Thornwall 3-4089. I would be most grateful. 2 I understand that you knew Dr. Heinrich Schenker, whose ideas I have known for over twenty years. Perhaps you also knew Dr. Hans Weisse for whom I had a great respect and affection, in the years just before he died. In any case I hope to hear from you and look forward with keen pleasure to making your acquaintance. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2020 |
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[This letter is in English]
⇧ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA ⇧ Mr. Moriz Violin 44 Potomac St. San Francisco 17 Dear Mr. Violin: 1 Prof. Schoenberg wrote me several weeks ago regarding you and your work, and I am very anxious to meet you and talk with you. Unfortunately I put off writing you longer than I intended to do – I have been terribly busy with a rather uncongenial task which has had to be done. But I still would like to see you if I could possibly do so, before I leave on a trip to New York the day after Christmas. I wonder if you could possibly phone me at your earliest convenience – my number is Thornwall 3-4089. I would be most grateful. 2 I understand that you knew Dr. Heinrich Schenker, whose ideas I have known for over twenty years. Perhaps you also knew Dr. Hans Weisse for whom I had a great respect and affection, in the years just before he died. In any case I hope to hear from you and look forward with keen pleasure to making your acquaintance. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2020 |
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Footnotes1 Roger Sessions was a professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley from 1944 to 1952. 2 In LC ASC 27/45, [35], December 22, 1949, Violin described to Schoenberg the resultant meeting on December 21 and subsequent invitation to dinner for December 25. Further, in LC ASC 27/45, [36], undated, Violin reported that Sessions wished to meet with him again on or after January 20, 1950. |
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Digital version created: 2020-08-13 |