General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderFriedberg, Annie
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationNew York, NY
Send date14.04.1936
RecipientSprague-Coolidge, Elisabeth
Recipient (corporation)
Recipient‘s locationLos Angeles, California
LanguageEnglish
Acquiredcopy from the Library of Congress, Washington, Elisabeth Sprague-Coolidge Foundation Collection, 2016
Owner of the sourceLibrary of Congress
Owner‘s call number33/6
Call number at IBMSpr 1936-04-14
Content and physical description
ContentAnnie Friedberg sends Elisabeth Sprague-Coolidge the program for last night's Pro Arte Quartet concert. The quartet performed for the League of Composers and was a huge success [also on the program was a CONCERT FOR SM. QUARTET WITH B. Martinů ORCHESTRA]. The concert was attended by all the critics. Their reviews are short, however, as they only stayed until Darius Milhaud's performance. AF can provide a program with signatures. AF thought ESC knew about the two-year contract with PAQ. The quartet had a very successful tour this year and AF hopes to have an even more successful tour next year. Five concerts have already been arranged and AF expects to arrange several more. AF regrets that ESC will not be assisting them next year. She thought she could arrange concerts at universities such as Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. AF has arranged a performance at Cornell University for 3/4/1937. She anticipated that the quartet would arrive during February or March and stay in the States as long as necessary. According to AF, PAQ does not handle press announcements at all, and has missed many opportunities to perform. AF saw PAQ in concert last night and reckons they'll meet again this afternoon as they start a program for NBC Music Guild at noon. AF also hopes the quartet will play in Washington at William Strunk's. If the ESC ends their collaboration, the quartet will have to settle for a lower salary. There is another quartet in the United States called Pro Arte, which has many complications. AF asked if it would be possible to arrange a name change. AF hopes to arrange Frank Mannheimer and Antonio Brosa concerts at Yale and Harvard next year. They plan to perform the sonatas they dedicated to the ESC. FM is currently in the US but will not be coming to the coasts. AF promises to let the ESC know of any engagements for PAQ within a month.
Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text2
Fixationtypescript, handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationNot professional colour

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Location as subject
Brussels
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Washington, D.C.
Person as subject
Brosa, Antonio
Mannheimer, Frank
Milhaud, Darius
Strunk, William Oliver
Corporation as subject
Cornell University
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
League of Composers
Mills College
Mount Holyoke College
NBC Music Guild
Pro Arte Quartet
Smith College
Yale University
Composition as subject
String Quartet with Orchestra, H 207
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