PISTON, Walter, autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts

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PISTON, Walter (1894-1976). American composer & teacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Colbert, 1 page 8vo, 127 Somerset Street, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1 January 1975. A strange letter stating that 'It would have been better to ask permission before naming your son after me', and declining the 'honor, for private and compelling reasons'.
[No: 24659]

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