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SHAF/A/1/D/38
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Letter from Mal Diamond
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- 23 Apr. [1949] (Creation)
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6 sheets, 1 env.
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Describes his sessions with his analyst: 5 days a week, is aware he has to do all the work, while the analyst merely restates what he has said; describes the work he needs to do for his PhD; describes the many concerts he has attended, the two highlights already described: concerts by Solomon and Curzon, followed by Beethoven conducted by Walter, Koussevitsky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini in a non-broadcast benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, with the result that he heard the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th in 10 days. Read [Graham Greene's] 'The Heart of the Matter'; asks if PS has resumed psychiatric sessions on his return to Cambridge.
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- Diamond, Malcolm Luria (1924-1997) professor of religion (Subject)
- Curzon, Sir Clifford Michael (1907–1982) Knight, pianist (Subject)
- Cutner, Solomon (1902-1988) pianist, stage name Solomon (Subject)
- Koussevitzky, Serge Alexandrovich (1874–1951) conductor (Subject)
- Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957) conductor (Subject)
- Walter, Bruno (1876-1962) conductor, pianist and composer (Subject)