Edwin Lemare (1865-1934)

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  Craig Hall
Craighead & Craighead
    Atlantic City, N.J.

      May 13, 1923

My dear "Manager" !

         I hope you have received the other correspondence from N.Y. which I mailed you yesterday.
         We had a delightful drive with Mr. Presser¹ this a.m. & enjoyed it immensely.
         I cannot tell you how deeply I appreciate your great kindness and remembered interest in my work at the present juncture. The only return I can make will be a great pleasure to me--viz: to boost your firm everywhere I go and to offer you the best of my

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work which may be of commercial value as well as artistic.
         In S.F. [San Francisco] I was  lost to the rest of the world. In Portland [Maine] I feel dead. But, by your Providential interest, I am cheered by the thought that I may yet "come into my own" and be once more priviledged* [sic] to give of my best to those who will understand and appreciate it.
         Whatever the outcome may be,

          I am

Your sincere friend,

Edwin H. Lemare

*P.S. My other "eleven sixteenths" ² says there is no "D" in "privileged" and I was going to re-write this, but she assures me that you are already aware that I am not an authority in spelling!!!!

NOTES:

1) A reference by Lemare to musician and music publisher, Theodore Presser.

2) Presumably a reference to his wife.

ABOUT  THE   COMPOSER

Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934) was a gifted English organist who became immensely popular throughout the world. While living in America, he held the post of municipal organist in San Francisco, Portland (Maine), and Chattanooga. Of his 200 compositions, he is best remembered for his Andantino in D-flat, known to most as the tune of Moonlight and Roses.

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