Typed letter, signed "Elliott Carter." 1 page, October 1, 1988 (postmark cancellation). The composer writes to a student who has written to him asking who he would like to see as the next President. In full: "Dear sir, I would like to see Mr. Mario Cuomo, governor of New York State be our president, but I can understand his not wishing to run after all the nonsense I read in the papers and see on TV that any intelligent man would want to avoid during the campaigning period. The issues no longer seem to be the important and serious ones as far as getting votes is concerned. " Typed on the back of the handwritten letter to him, in fine condition.
Typed letter, signed "Elliott Carter." 1 page, October 1, 1988 (postmark cancellation). The composer writes to a student who has written to him asking who he would like to see as the next President. In full: "Dear sir, I would like to see Mr. Mario Cuomo, governor of New York State be our president, but I can understand his not wishing to run after all the nonsense I read in the papers and see on TV that any intelligent man would want to avoid during the campaigning period. The issues no longer seem to be the important and serious ones as far as getting votes is concerned. " Typed on the back of the handwritten letter to him, in fine condition.