copland-corr0278 Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1940/12/08: a machine-readable transcription. The Aaron Copland Collection Selected and converted. American Memory, Library of Congress.

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 2000/10/06

Sunday [1940-1941; probably December 8, 1940]

Dear L----Your card just came. I was just about to begin to feel forgotten about. It all sounded like a highly typical Bernstein week.

Business:1. Your Sonata arrived by mail 5 minutes before I had to ship it on via special W[estern] U[nion] messenger to Marion Bauer's last Monday. No decisions arrived at, as yet.2. Saw Heinsheimer. They won't pay more than $25. flat for the arrangement (on delivery). I said you'd accept, not telling them anything about our splitting my royalties. Now it's up to you to prepare a clean copy. Please be archi-particular about dots, dashes, dynamics, etc. -- as it saves endless time later when you reach the proof-correcting stage. The sooner the better on this. 3. I have a lecture to do in Boston on the 12th (Thursday) and will probably stay over for Kouss' concert on Fri (the 13th). Where will you be then? I promised to spend Sat. (the 14th) up at Larchmont with the Bill Schumans. But if you are coming thru town then I don't want to miss seeing you. So write your plans so soon like you know them.

What did you do all week without your shaving and tooth brush?

The second movement is done. Yippee!

Work hard -- but not too hard -- and think of me often, as I do of you.

LoveA