GRAINGER PERCY Autograph Letter Signed to Philip Arnold Hese

Sale 2351 - Lot 167

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"MY BIG CONCERTS WERE A GREAT SUCCESS" GRAINGER, PERCY. Autograph Letter Signed, to Philip Arnold Heseltine ("Dear Mr. Heseltine"), requesting that complementary copies of Heseltine's book on Delius be sent, reporting that his own recent concerts were successful. 2 pages, 8vo, "R.M.S. Tahiti" stationery, written on the first and terminal pages of a single folded sheet; minor soiling at folds. "Pacific Ocean," 23 May [circa 1923]

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"I have sent several copies of yr fine Delius book to several musicians & music lovers, but I would like to ask you . . . to send a free copy to Mr. Henry T. Finck . . . & to: Herrn Alexander Lippay . . . .
"Finck wrote . . . about the Delius works I produced here recently, & Lippay is a fine conductor & real Delius worshipper . . . .
"My big concerts were a great success, chorus & orchestra superb, & ambience large & warm."