Typed letter signed ("Arnold Schoenberg"), in English, to Bernard Herrmann, telling him that he did not enjoy his broadcast ("...To tell you the truth I had a very bad reception with many disturbances: electrical and I think also acoustical. It seems to me that the engineers in the broadcasting station do not like my music and always distort by their mixtures the sound. Otherwise it is really difficult to understand why the sonority was so poor. Though one must not forget the electrical disturbances..."), adding for good measure that "You will perhaps understand that such an annoyance is really severe and can deprive a composer of the pleasure of hearing his work"; nevertheless thanking him "for all the good you did to this music" ("...I am sure you spent much and serious work in rehearsing it and if I may say so, I found especially the second movement very good as regards technique and clarity. The first movement especially was very much distorted in sound so that I had not much pleasure in it..."), and concluding: "Now, let me thank you very much for your very kind words and for your great interest in my music and I hope we will meet on these opportunities again"; with one autograph correction and the initials "R.H." at the foot, one page, name and address typed at the head, 4to, 116 North Rockingham Avenue, Los Angeles, 8 June 1949
Typed letter signed ("Arnold Schoenberg"), in English, to Bernard Herrmann, telling him that he did not enjoy his broadcast ("...To tell you the truth I had a very bad reception with many disturbances: electrical and I think also acoustical. It seems to me that the engineers in the broadcasting station do not like my music and always distort by their mixtures the sound. Otherwise it is really difficult to understand why the sonority was so poor. Though one must not forget the electrical disturbances..."), adding for good measure that "You will perhaps understand that such an annoyance is really severe and can deprive a composer of the pleasure of hearing his work"; nevertheless thanking him "for all the good you did to this music" ("...I am sure you spent much and serious work in rehearsing it and if I may say so, I found especially the second movement very good as regards technique and clarity. The first movement especially was very much distorted in sound so that I had not much pleasure in it..."), and concluding: "Now, let me thank you very much for your very kind words and for your great interest in my music and I hope we will meet on these opportunities again"; with one autograph correction and the initials "R.H." at the foot, one page, name and address typed at the head, 4to, 116 North Rockingham Avenue, Los Angeles, 8 June 1949
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