Franz Mittler (1893-1970)

TRANSCRIPTION

F. Mittler                                            Aug. 29, 1955
118-14 83rd Avenue
Kew Gardens 15,
Long Island, N.Y.

Dear Maestro,           

TRANSLATION

F. Mittler                                            Aug. 29, 1955
118-14 83rd Avenue
Kew Gardens 15,
Long Island, N.Y.¹

Dear Maestro,     

Page Two

I'd like to leave the state, why should I bother?
Let the remaining contrasts(?) fight each other,
The (-------ing) one, the one that tries to sever,
Must I stay sandwiched in between forever?
(CONNECT--I--CUT)

NOTES:
1) Rubber-stamped return address.
 

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Franz Mittler was an Austria-born poet, composer and pianist. Mittler was born in Vienna, on April 14,1893. He studied in Vienna and Cologne. He came to the United States in 1939 where he settled in New York. Mittler died in Munich on December 28, 1970. His compositions include an opera, "Rafaella," a piano trio in G, Op. 3 (1911-Published by Simrock), and numerous songs and smaller works for piano.

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