Alexander Goehr, recipient: Anton Ehrenzweig

Letter from Alexander Goehr to Anton Ehrenzweig

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Created by: Alexander Goehr
Recipient: Anton Ehrenzweig 1908 – 1966
Title: Letter from Alexander Goehr to Anton Ehrenzweig
Date: [c.1962]
Description: Letter from the German-born British composer Alexander ('Sandy') Goehr (1932-2024) praising a talk by Ehrenzweig (apparently 'The Morality of Craftsmanship', broadcast on the BBC Third Programme) but taking issue with his discussion of the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage, whom Goehr accuses of 'basic artistic dishonesty and sterility'.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Tony Ehrenzweig, June 2010.
Reference: TGA 201010/1/1/34