Transcription send them to me at once. Nowadays I do about 20 chamber or orchestral concerts a year (I enclose you 2 sample programmes) in U.S.A. & Canada & I would love to work in one or more of yr pieces if suitable to the kind of musicians I deal with. Please forgive my not having written about the Watchit Sailor [Vars]. The last few years have brought fearful over-work to me. Times were critical & I had many duties to consider. I will write about the [Vars] as soon as I get time. Forgive me for saying, however, that I don't understand how an Australian can wish to build in such a form as the Brahms Handel [Vars] form. The continual stoppage between [Vars] in the building of a large form on countless broken repetitions of a small regular theme seems to me hopelessly "European" & unsuitable for a great continent. Far better I like the [Passacaglia] form (have you seen my "Green Bushes" score that I sent to the S.A. Orchestra?) tho' in my serious [sense], I heartily disapprove of building modern music

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