A Photocopy* of a Letter - to (Dearest Mum Dad and Bar) from...

A Photocopy* of a Letter - to (Dearest Mum Dad and Bar) from Jacqueline du Pré (Topsy-Turvey). No date, 6 pages and a photocopy of the postcard, Enclosed a Kellogg Centre postcard on which Jackie has written, "The whole building is made up of corn-flakes - including the people who crack & pop all the time!" Describes the Kellogg Centre and its campus. "We are here to play a week's music before shoving off to Chicago." "Two nights ago I played Schumann in Carnegie Hall with Zubin which went very well…" "...and the next night we played the Beethovn Triple with Pinkie which also went well." Describes meeting a 4 year old who was already completely fluent on the piano, composing and Hebrew and English. Jackie was astounded. "There is a boy at this university who got his PHD in maths when he was 9… and now holds a consulting post in a top-notch engineering job aged 14!!" "The other day we saw Piatigorsky who looks exactly like Uncle Harold!..." "…He has got the thickest accent you can imagine and each consanont takes huge machinations from his collosall jaw before he can get it out!" "Everyone wears midi cloths…so that one feels almost naked in the normal lengths, but so far, I am far from tempted to buy any." Also; a photocopy* of a Letter to Mum (Dearest Mum) from Jacqueline (Me). No date, 4 pages, "I had a rotten ole time in Cincinatti with a conductor who was consistenly out and yet preserved an aware-winning smile the whole time on his effeminate mug!..." "I got furious with him on stage and started conducting from the chair while playing, feeling a bit like a bull trying to charge while remaining tethered to the ground…" "…I scowled at the leader and stamped my dainty foot and tried to pout every time I met that inane grin! Oh well!" Describes a laughing bag she bought, and the different reactions from people when she set it off. "P.S. One hippie asked me whether I ever played topless!!...Another hippie came back stage so he could 'smell my flowers!!'" (2)

Estimate:£180

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