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Lot #681
Edward Elgar Handwritten Letter Signed

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Leading English composer (1857-1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, Tiddington House letterhead, June 30, 1929. Letter to actor and dramatist Arthur Wing Pinero, in part: "I send you most hearty thanks for the copy of your 'Theatre in the 'Seventies'': it was so kind of you to remember me: your account brings back many happy, or mostly so, memories of that comparatively simple age." In fine condition.

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