G. VON EINEM, SIXTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, 1975-1988

including his Arietten, op.50, on which he is making little progress, his opera Der Prozess, the Münchner Symphonie, op.70, and the Symphony no.4, op.80, thanking him for his proffered assistance in acquiring musical autographs, asking for information about certain manuscripts offered at auction, congratulating him on his ninetieth birthday, mentioning his ailments and problems with his gall bladder ("Bei mir wehten aber, wie Brecht es ausdruckte, widrige Winde...Wir hocken immer noch in Schnee, Eis und Nebel wie es sich für das Waldviertel gehört. Das ist die Zeit zum Notenschreiben...") 30 pages, mostly large oblong 8vo (14.5 x 21cm), one letter on a postcard, sixteen autograph envelopes, one letter containing a postscript by von Einem's second wife Lotte Ingrisch, Rindlberg, 1975-1988; together with a corrected and signed typed document, being von Einem's foreword to Rudolf Kallir's Autographensammler-lebenslänglich, and a programme of a United Nations Day Concert, 24 October 1975, signed and inscribed by von Einem

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