Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

37. “Because” from the Tempest (Sibelius)

“Romance for Strings” (Sibelius)

“Flying Dutchman” “Wagner”

     “Grand March from Tannhäuser on fourth side)

“Symphony #2 “Dvorak” –

     Evening dinner at “Theodoris” with F – where he says many recent refugee go.

     After dinner – to see “A quiet wedding” (English film, bombed out” 5 times during production, -(F to call on Geo. Olds who has been ill with laryngitis –

     Sat. night – Dinner at F’s – Helen Wren – She + Frank show me a new form of Poker.

     Home on night train.

Changing Hotel’s – (I was on the 23^rd floor first week, 28^th the second) renewed my interest in the city. I was in the midst of the mid-town towers and sky-scrapers, and got a real thrill out of the incredible scale of the buildings. Especially at sunrise, was it effective with the golden March-like sunlight lighting up the towers. And at night (there was a moon) the buildings loomed especially large. One night it was snowing slightly, but still the moon shone thru the mist with the Ritz tower in the front, a dark mysterious grotesque shape.[i]

                   Mar 1 + 2 –

     Filled with my New York trip, and tired and exhausted, I have difficulty adjusting myself. I find that I look at the landscape without seeing it.[ii]