Moore, Douglas - Typed Letter Signed 1944 Programs Music Unsigned Conductors "who are in extreme poverty

"who are in extreme poverty and distress" since now royalties now accrue to the Wagner family - quite a statement and a highly dubious claim

shown as Hans Sachs and Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger

some silvering on bottom

the other is 2 pages of a folded 4- page letter

who also studied Fine Arts in Paris

Moore, Douglas - Typed Letter Signed 1944 Programs Music Unsigned Conductors "who are in extreme povertyAmerican composer (1893 1969), author of the opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe". Typed letter in English signed by him, dated January 31, 1944, to fellow composer John Edmonds: We forwarded to you last week the salvaged volume of your songs. Madame [Maria] Maximovitch [Russian soprano] thinks you are very unwise to take it away from her () However I gave her the "Faucon" () I think you have one of the finest gifts of songwriting that I have ever