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The Institute for Musicology's Department of 20th- Century Music History, as part of the disposal of Sándor Veress's estate, acquired a valuable collection of manuscripts and books following the composer's death. The collection consisted primarily of Veress's university and pedagogical manuscripts plus a selection of his books, while the more important documents of his estate, the composer's musical manuscripts and letters together with other items, were purchased by the Paul Sacher Stiftung collection in Basle. Last year Ági Radó, an internationally known Hungarian pianist living in Baltimore, enriched the Hungarian Veress- collection with valuable manuscripts, namely 33 letters he wrote to her. Ági Radó's request regarding their fate was that the letters in Hungarian should as soon as possible be published in one of the Hungarian musical journals. In response to her request we are publishing here the letters Sándor Veress wrote to her. Through this publication the literature has become enriched by new aspects: above all the literary dimension of a new, individual side of the Veress correspondence. The letters can also be valued as an important source for Veress's biography by virtue of their providing an authentic reference point for one of the composer's perhaps most problematic periods. I would like to express my thanks to Claudio Veress, Sándor Veress's son, for his permission to publish the letters, to Ági Radó for her gracious donation, and also to her friend and colleague Lewis Berman for his willing support and contribution to this publication [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]