00100	Ms. Bessie Snapp							Leland Smith
00200	Performance Department							Music Department
00300	G. Schirmer, Inc.							Stanford University
00400	866 Third Ave.								Stanford, Calif. 94305
00450	New York, N.Y.  10022
00500										May 6,1975
01100	
01200	Dear Ms. Snapp,
01300	
01400		I have enclosed one tape of my computer realization of the Rhythmicon part
01450	
01500	to Henry Cowell's RHYTHMICANA.  Along with the tape is a copy of my article about
01600	
01700	this work which appeared in the 1973 Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research,
01800	
01900	(published by the University of Texas.)  Also there is a copy of the program of the
02000	
02100	first performance of RHYTHMICANA.  It is essential that any conductor doing this work
02200	
02300	first read my article -- it will save him a lot of time.  For this reason I suggest
02400	
02500	that you make extra copies of the article and the program to send out with the 
02600	
02700	performance material.
02800	
02900		The tape is a "first" copy from my masters.  It is best that you send this
03000	
03100	particular tape, not another copy of it, out for performance.  7 1/2 inch speed
03200	
03300	tapes tend to lose quality badly after the first copy.  If a second copy were needed
03400	
03500	I could make one up on a week or two's notice.
03510	
03520		The Buffalo Philharmonic is planning to use this material on May 17 so you should 
03530	
03540	send it on to them right away.
03600	
03700		It is my understanding that I am to receive $20 or 20% of the rental fee,
03800	
03900	whichever is greatest when the orchestra materials are rented.  I assume I will 
04000	
04100	be getting some sort of contract for this.  I might mention that I am affiliated
04200	
04300	with BMI and ACA.
04400	
04500							Very sincerely,
04600	
04700	
04800	
04900							Leland Smith