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From:
Ernst Meyer <ernstmeyer@earthlink.net>
Date:
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:38:54 -0400
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Date:     Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:36:52 +0200
From:     Helmut Frielinghaus <helmutfrielinghaus@t-online.de>
To:     <nathaniel.meyer@yale.edu>
CC:     Ernst Meyer <ernstmeyer@earthlink.net>



Dear Nathaniel,
Jochen, your grandfather, sent me the essay you wrote. I read it with pleasure. I could not say that I understood all details and implications, but I liked very much your bold thesis. As an so-called editor by profession I tried to correct some German mistakes - but you should look at them carefully, because sometimes "corrections" turn out to be misinterpretations. Your essay is an impressionistic text.
Writing such texts means to keep balance between the Schwebende, the uncertain, and a real ground or foundation, between floating memories or impressions and Wirklichkeit.
Your essay reminded me again how near the arts are to each other - music, literature, the fine arts (the beginning of your text is at the same times an impressionistic painting).
I am very interested in your thoughts about music, and so I hope you got teachers encouraging you and supporting your ideas.
Herzliche Grüsse
von Helmut
Helmut Frielinghaus, Wincklerstrasse 3, 20459 Hamburg
Tel. + Fax 040-364569