Autograph letter signed from Peperl to Adolph Brodsky

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Peperl writes most enthusiastically to Onkel Bobby [later Bobby] to thank him for for the English magazines which arrived on his 17th birthday, the previous day. Peperl was delighted to find something Viennese, viz. the Beethoven memorial celebrating the centenary of his death on 26 March. Peperl pays great tribute to Beethoven and describes the international event at which 13 different countries were represented. Schools were closed and there is a week of Beethoven evenings. An event from the Musikvereinssaal was broadcast on radio. The letter is dated 30 Mar 1928.