STRAUSS Richard (1864-1949)

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STRAUSS Richard (1864-1949)
L.A.S. "Richard Strauss" with MUSIC, Taormina January 20, 1938, to Eugen PAPST in Cologne; 1 page small in-4 with San Domenico Palace Hotel letterhead (small slits in the fold); in German. Letter with three musical quotations. Strauss asks his friend Eugen PAPST (1886-1956, composer, conductor and musicologist in Cologne) to explain to him the church modes, which he still does not understand ("Die Kirchentonarten verstehe ich nach wie vor nicht"). Is it the Lydian mode ("lydisch") or... [three musical quotations]? It will be around April 17 in Rome (Hotel Quirinal), for the performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without Shadow) on the 20th. Before then he will be in Meran (Parkhotel), and will stay in Taormina until February 15...
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