HUGHES LANGSTON Typed Letter Signed Langston to Eric Simon

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HUGHES, LANGSTON. Typed Letter Signed, "Langston," to Eric Simon, apologizing for not being able to speak with him, hoping to meet him in New York, and agreeing with his proposal concerning musical programs. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; horizontal folds. "Greenwood Lake" [Warwick, NY], 29 May 1952

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". . . I'm working up in the country again this spring but will be coming in town occasionally on week-ends . . . . I'm in complete agreement with the proposed musical programs at St. Martin's."
Eric Simon (1907-94) was a conductor, instrumentalist, and instructor who, in 1944, performed in the orchestra for Porgy and Bess, and who taught in New York at the Mannes College of Music and the New School. Hughes wrote the lyrics for Simon's work for piano and voice, Disillusion.