DeLeone, Francesco Bartolomeo - Autograph Letter Signed + Signed Photo with Music Quote

American composer of Italian descent (1887-1948), one of the best-known representatives of the Indianism movement in music. Autograph letter signed by him addressed to the Lyrics writer Juanita Roos, about his sacred music drama "The Prodigal Son", dated in Akron, Ohio, 1937.  Size is 6 x 8.1 inches, 2 pages in one sheet, central fold, in excellent condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him to Juanita Roos, dated 1930, where the composer added a 2-bar music quote over the upper-right corner from his work "The Prodigal Son". Size is 7.9 x 9.9 inches, blind-stamped over the lower-right corner by photographer Goddard  (Akron, Ohio).  some loss of paper over the lower-right corner, in overall very good condition.