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␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α5␈↓	DOMINIQUE LYON
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓	␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α7␈↓30 ter rue Gassendi
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α675014 Paris, France

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ λ\ John M. Chowning
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ 	$Dept. of Music
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ λbStanford University
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ λ↑Stanford, California
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ 	PUSA 94305
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ λqDecember 12, 1974


␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓Dear Dominique,

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓I␈αwas␈α
able␈αto␈α
retrieve␈αthe␈α
letter␈αwhich␈α
I␈αhad␈α
written␈αto␈α
you␈αand␈α
am␈αwriting␈αanother␈α
in
␈↓ α∧␈↓view␈αof␈α
your␈αlovely␈α
idea␈αto␈αtelephone␈α
"comme␈αca".␈α
 It␈αwas␈αjust␈α
a␈αbit␈α
difficult␈αfor␈αme␈α
to
␈↓ α∧␈↓hear␈αyou␈α
(the␈αwaves␈αof␈α
the␈αAtlantic␈αwere␈α
causing␈αsome␈αnoise,␈α
evidently)␈αall␈α
of␈αwhich
␈↓ α∧␈↓was␈α
complicated␈α
by␈α
the␈α
fact␈α
that␈α
my␈α
French␈α
␈↓↓is␈α
not␈α
so␈α
good␈α
␈↓-␈α
and␈α
deprived␈α∞of␈α
visual
␈↓ α∧␈↓cues␈αI␈αreally␈αdo␈αhave␈αtrouble.␈α Which␈αmeans␈αsimply␈αthat␈αit␈αis␈αbetter␈αthat␈αI␈αtalk␈αto␈αyou
␈↓ α∧␈↓when␈α
I␈α
can␈α
see␈α
you␈α
-␈α
in␈α
any␈α
case␈α
more␈α
pleasant.␈α
 That␈α
was␈α
my␈α
first␈α
call␈α∞from␈α
Paris
␈↓ α∧␈↓and I can not imagine a nicer "caller"-thanks so much.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓My␈αlife␈αhere␈αis␈αbusy.␈α We␈αhave␈αheard␈αfrom␈αone␈αof␈αthe␈αgovernment␈αgranting␈αagencies
␈↓ α∧␈↓that␈α
our␈α∞computer␈α
music␈α∞project␈α
will␈α∞receive␈α
$250,000.␈α
 which␈α∞I␈α
hope␈α∞we␈α
can␈α∞use␈α
to
␈↓ α∧␈↓encourage␈α∪others␈α∪to␈α∪give␈α∪as␈α∪well.␈α∩ We␈α∪(l'equipe)␈α∪are␈α∪now␈α∪writing␈α∪a␈α∪proposal␈α∩in
␈↓ α∧␈↓psychoacoustics␈α⊂which␈α∂we␈α⊂hope␈α∂to␈α⊂finish␈α∂in␈α⊂another␈α∂few␈α⊂days.␈α∂ Then,␈α⊂I␈α⊂can␈α∂begin
␈↓ α∧␈↓work on my piece.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓It␈αis␈αsuch␈αa␈αjoy␈αfor␈αme␈αto␈αbe␈αwith␈αmy␈αchildren␈αagain.␈α I␈αsuppose␈αthat␈αlove␈αof␈αchildren
␈↓ α∧␈↓is␈α∂the␈α∂purest␈α∂most␈α∂un-conditional␈α∂love␈α∂that␈α∂humans␈α∂can␈α∂experience.␈α∂ I␈α∂spend␈α∞every
␈↓ α∧␈↓evening␈α∞with␈α∞them␈α∞and␈α
whatever␈α∞latent␈α∞antagonisms␈α∞that␈α
exist␈α∞between␈α∞me␈α∞and␈α
my
␈↓ α∧␈↓wife seem not to be apparent.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓I␈α
look␈α
forward␈αto␈α
being␈α
in␈αParis␈α
in␈α
January,␈αprobably␈α
around␈α
the␈α15th␈α
or␈α
16th.␈α I␈α
will
␈↓ α∧␈↓let␈α
you␈αknow␈α
when␈αI␈α
arrive␈αas␈α
soon␈αas␈α
the␈α
date␈αand␈α
flight␈αis␈α
set.␈α Perhaps␈α
we␈αcan␈α
take
␈↓ α∧␈↓a␈α∂day␈α∂for␈α∞a␈α∂visit␈α∂to␈α∞one␈α∂of␈α∂the␈α∂forests␈α∞to␈α∂the␈α∂north␈α∞of␈α∂Paris,␈α∂shall␈α∂we?␈α∞ Thankyou
␈↓ α∧␈↓again for the nice surprise.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ 	1with affection