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LC ASC 27/45, [20] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated April 8, 1940
Violin makes an outraged critique of the rejection letter he has received from R. E. Stuart. — His daughter, Eva, is now safely in San Francisco.
OJ 70/35, [7] Typewritten letter from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated April 9, 1940
Schoenberg tempers Violin's reaction to R. E. Stuart's letter, offering a sympathetic portrayal of the American character as courteous, unlike the Germans, and describing the attitude and degree of preparation of American students. All German criteria are inapplicable.
OJ 70/38, [1] Typewritten letter from R. E. Stuart to Moriz Violin, dated April 2, 1940
The St. Louis Institute of Music does not feel sure enough of Violin's being given the position in the event of being interviewed, and so wishes to spare him the expense of travel. It questions whether, as a recently arrived European, he would be able to adapt to the staff and students.