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Composer Jerome Kern TLS

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Composer Jerome Kern TLS
<B>Composer Jerome Kern Typed Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>Jerome Kern</B></I>”. One page, 8.5” x 11”, on his personal letterhead, July 11, 1942, to Robley D. Stevens, Baltimore, Maryland. The venerable composer of popular American music complies with a request for an autograph but suggests a patriotic way in which the recipient might do his part for the war effort. He writes in part: “<I>Replying to a goodly few well-meant people who think they want my autograph, I make it a practice invariably, of complying only when the requester submits proof of a contribution to the Army and Navy Relief Funds of at least one dollar.</B></I>” Jerome Kern (1885-1945) penned over 700 songs and wrote such enduring classics as “Ol' Man River” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”. Minor soiling, else very good condition. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)