Eric Sams   The Making of an Essay Letters on Schumann to and from Alan Walker

17. 

25th November 1970

Dear Alan,

Many thanks indeed for your further helpful suggestion. We know of Arthur Davidson – indeed Jeremy has played in his son Durrell's scratch (in the old-fashioned sense) orchestra, and enjoyed it. So we may well try and approach to him.

   Mercury? I certainly didn't know that Schumann was treated thus. If so, that would seem fairly conclusive, since it's (or rather was) a specific. Where did you discover that?

  Let's have lunch (even though the topic may not be all that appetising). I know it's my turn.

   yours ever

   Eric