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Vally Weigl invites Merton to add his name to a list of sponsors and advisors of "World Unity through the Arts".
Born in Austria in the end of the 19th Century, Vally Weigl was a composer, music therapist and music instructor. She and her husband, the composer Karl Weigl, moved to New York in 1938 because of the Nazi rise to power and their Jewish ancestry. She taught at the Institute for Avocational Music and the American Theater Wing and continued composing. She received a Master's degree in 1955 from Columbia University and pursued her interests in music therapy, writing and lecturing on the subject and teaching at New York Medical College and the New School. She writes to Merton in 1964 in her new role as chairperson of the Arts for World Unity Committee of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Their theme was World Unity through the Arts. (Source: "Weigl, Vally." Biography from the New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. 1995. Wilson Biographies Plus. Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University W.L. Lyons Brown Library, Louisville, KY. 5 Sep. 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)
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1964/11/23 (#01) |
TALS to Merton |
Knowing of your great interest in the arts and your deep concern for peace and a safer, better world |
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1964/11/23 (#02) |
other to Merton |
Organization of "World Unity through the Arts" [-] Arts to be included: Visual Arts: |
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1964/12/08 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your kind letter which reached me safely here. I am honored and willing to become |
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