I thank you cordiall for your lovely letter of June
7. It would be a very sweet letter if it would not
contain a bitte pill; but as I have become accustomed
to swallow many bitter pills in these days of illness
given me by my friendly doctor and turned over to
me by my friendly wife, I am also in the state of ac-
cepting a bitter pill which I have to take from my
friend Walter Hinrichsen. I mean, it would have been
very pleasant to me to see my opus 9B in the Peters
Catalog. This is propaganda by itself and the success
would have been considerable. Now I have to find some-
body else and I hope he will be nearly as reliable as
you – I am a little pessimistic.

I agree with everything you write about opus 47 and opus
16. I think I will give opus 9B to Israel whom I shall
also give the three choruses.

Would you not ask Mitropoulos to whom he paid rental
fees for his performance of opus 16? I think one of
us two should receive it.

Now I come to the sweetest part of your letter. This
is your invitation to complete my library by works of
your new edition. I have already long admired how you
build up your series and there are many things which
interest me very much.

When I add a list of such works as I would like to pos-
sess, I do not mean you should give them to me all at
once. Perhaps you yourself select what you deem feasible
and occasionally add one piece or another. For example,
when I become 80.

Many cordial thanks for this offer and I thank you also
for including Mr. Hoffmann in this deal.