LC ASC 27/45, [17] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 26, 1940

Violin acquiesces to applying for the job in St. Louis, despite reservations about the climate there. He laments the backwardness of San Francisco's musical world. He admits to being "kept" by his wife.

LC ASC 27/45, [18] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 29, 1940

Violin expresses pain that his wife has to do menial work to support them both. He prefers not to apply for the St. Louis job because he feels Schoenberg was insulted by Stuart's letter. He hopes to gain entrée to the performance world.

LC ASC 7/50, [10] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 27, 1940

Schoenberg reports a letter that he has received from R. E. Stuart. He detects that Gottfried Galston will see him as a rival, so advises Violin to write stressing his primary area as composition. He regrets that he can no longer avoid recommending some of his own students.

LC ASC 7/50, [8] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 16, 1940

Schoenberg informs Violin of a conversation he has had with [Robert Emmett] Stuart about a position that is open [at the St. Louis Institute of Music] for which Schoenberg would like to recommend him. He asks for the return of the general recommendation he wrote for Violin earlier.

LC ASC 7/50, [9] Handwritten telegram draft from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 23, 1940

Schoenberg has wrongly addressed LC ASC 7/50, [8] and asks Violin to check with the Post Office to recover the letter.