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was written when he was obsessed by Verdi, and of Hoist's first dramatic works which suffered from a similar obsession with Wagner, Mr. Martin Cooper says: " Bizet and Hoist unfortunately destroyed the evidence of their infatuation." This is not true of my father. He kept all his early manuscripts and two years ago, with the permission of his trustees, my mother and I gave all his unpublished works to the British Museum library. Among these manuscripts are the full scores of his early operas The Youth's Choice and Sita, which both give more than ample evidence of his infatuation, with very occasionally a rewarding glimpse of the genuine Hoist in the making.—Yours faithfully,

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