SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD. (1874-1951). Austrian composer and creator of the revolutionary twelve-tone school of composition, which abandoned fixed tonality. TLS. (“Arnold Schoenb[paraph]”). 2/3p. 4to. Los Angeles, N.d. Addressed: “To Whom It May Concern.”
“This serves to introduce one of my best and talented former pupils, Mr. Julius Toldi. Mr. Toldi graduated from the renowned Viennese Music Academy in violin (Arnold Rose) and composition (Franz Schreker), continued afterwards his studies with me. I can state that his talent and originality interested me very much and that he became an extremely skillful musical technician. After this, I reccomendet [sic] him to the Wiener Volkskonservatorium as teacher of harmony and counterpoint. Later he was a music critic of the Viennese newspaper Wiener Extrablatt. As a composer of an opera and of many works for orchestra he was performed in many European cities with great success. He came to this country in 1937, was director and conductor of the “Canton Civic Opera Inc.” and of the “Akron Opera Guild Inc.” and lectured at the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Toldi is not only a very well trained and independent mind but he possesses also a great knowledge of modern music. Accordingly I can recommend him highly for lectures in any field he might offer. I wish this my reccommandation [sic] might be successful…”