DELIUS FREDERICK Letter Signed to NY office of German music

Sale 2446 - Lot 262

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

"THE TERMS YOU OFFER ARE VERY MUCH TOO LOW" DELIUS, FREDERICK. Letter Signed, to NY office of German music publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ("Dear Sir"), declining to permit them to publish his works. Text of letter in the hand of his wife, Jelka. 1 1/4 pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; staining at upper left, folds. (MRS) Grez-sur-Loing, 18 June 1920

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"I received your . . . kindly offer to publish some of my works. I must tell you frankly, though, that the terms you offer are very much too low. . . . I receive never less than 20% of the catalog price. Also when it is an orchestral or choral work, which is mostly the case, I also receive half of the loan of the material. I naturally could not entertain any terms so very much inferior to this . . . ."
with--Embarkation card for non-British subjects signed and accomplished by the wife of Frederick Delius, Jelka. 1 page, oblong 12mo. Circa 1930.