Hauer, Josef Mathias, Austrian composer and musical theorist (1883-1959). Autograph manifesto signed.

"During World War II, Vienna".

Folio. 8 pp.

 14,000.00

The present ms., a telling example of Hauer's idiosyncratic tastes and style, discusses matters such as "Musico-Symbolism", "Absolute Music", "Is There Such a Thing as Religion?", "Musicians' Idea-Music", the "Composition Compost Heap of Judaeo-Greek-Latin-Christian Cultural Ideas", "Twelve-Tonal Playing", and "Plagi-au-thor Societies".

Multiply stamped; slightly browned due to paper, otherwise in perfect condition.