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| Writings, 1928-1991 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 116-138, 177-192 | Norton Lectures / The Unanswered Question | ||||||||||||
| Includes Bernstein's manuscript notes, draft scripts, and annotated typescripts; notes and outlines of others who helped prepare the lectures; research materials; television production materials; teleprompter scripts; and correspondence relating to the production and distribution of the lectures on video | |||||||||||||
| BOX 116-119 | [Leonard Bernstein's manuscript notes and drafts and annotated typescripts (grouped by lecture)], 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 120 | [early planning materials: notes and outlines of Leonard Bernstein and others (Cothran, Finkler, Ahern)], 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 121 | [planning conference transcript; Harry Kraut and Candy Finkler notebooks (containing research articles, outlines, rough drafts, early scripts, production miscellany)], 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 122 | [research materials (reference lists, bibliographies, articles); and music scores], 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 123-134 | [scripts, annotated by production staff] Musical phonology (Boxes 123-126), Musical syntax, (Boxes 126-129), Musical semantics (Boxes 129-130), The delights and dangers of ambiguity (Boxes 131-132), The twentieth century crisis (Boxes 132-133), The poetry of earth (Boxes 133-134), 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 135 | [miscellaneous: faculty introductory remarks; press; guest lists; financial; correspondence; topically related articles], 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 136 | [TV (WGBH) production materials: music taping and timings; production schedules and technical notes; credits; text for TV promo, series intro, and musical examples program; set designs; admission tickets; viewer responses], 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 177-192 | [Teleprompter scripts (Boxes 177-189) and credit rolls (Boxes 190-192)], 1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 137-138 | [regarding video production and distribution; TV and radio broadcasts; CBS 17-record set], 1973-1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 139-160, 193-196, 198 | Book Materials | ||||||||||||
| Includes typescripts, musical examples, planning materials, correspondence with the publisher, and publisher's proofs. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 193-196 | The Joy of Music [typescripts and musical examples; articles, "The world of jazz," Vogue, 1956 March 15, and "Leonard Bernstein explores American musical comedy," Vogue, 1957 February 1; proofs; script for "What is sonata form?" (for a contemplated expanded edition?)], 1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 139 | Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts [typescripts and music examples, annotations of Jack Gottlieb and Leonard Bernstein, correspondence with publisher], 1962, 1970 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 140-142 | Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts [typescripts; musical examples; text], 1992 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 196/6 | Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts [music examples, Jack Gottlieb manuscript], 1992 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 143 | The Infinite Variety of Music [planning materials; correspondence with publisher; typescript; musical examples], 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 196/7 | The Infinite Variety of Music [musical examples, miscellaneous], 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 144-156 | The Unanswered Question. Six Talks at Harvard. [typescripts, grouped by chapter (Boxes 144-149)][musical examples; visuals; photos (Boxes 150-151)][galleys; paste-ups; proofs (Boxes 152-155)][publishers information; front matter; cover materials; record inserts; production notes; correspondence, memorandums, etc. (Box 156)], 1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 198 OV | The Unanswered Question. Six Talks at Harvard. [musical examples (chapters 5-6); visuals; page proofs], 1976 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 157-160 | Findings [typescripts (including those of early forms The Bernstein Album and Reflections); planning notes and correspondence; photo reproduction permissions; photos (xeroxes); etc.] See also references in main body of Writings, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 196/8 | Findings [musical examples], 1982 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 196/9 | Gustav Mahler [musical examples (J. Gottlieb manuscript) from "Who is Gustav Mahler?" (considered for inclusion? in The Infinite Variety of Music or Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts)], undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1086 | Personal Materials, 1935-1990 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1086 | Personal Documents, 1935-1990 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/1 | Harvard transcripts, 1935-1939 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/2 | A midsummer night's dream program, 1938 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/3 | Social security card, 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/4 | Card announcing opening of studio, 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/5 | Power of attorney, 1944-1977 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/6 | Driver's license, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| Note: On verso, stamping from the soon-to-be State of Israel | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/7 | Permits, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Contents: Allied force permit/Permis militaire alliée; Occupational force travel permit/Laissez-passer des forces...; The aliens order, 1920 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/8 | Claim of non-residency, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/9 | Marriage certificate, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/10 | Marriage certificate, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Signatories include people involved with West Side Story | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/11 | Power of attorney, 1963 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/12 | Passports, 1946-1978 | ||||||||||||
| 6 items | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/13 | Birth certificate, re-issued, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/14 | Papers regarding sleep-wake disorders center, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/15 | Prescription, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/16-17 | Papers regarding Jamie Bernstein's wedding, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/18 | Blue cross card, 1986 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/19 | Dolphin research center adoption certificate, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/20 | Map of Russia (circa 1880), gift, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Inscribed; purportedly showing where his family came from | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/21 | Cigarette counts, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/22 | Treatment regimen, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/23 | Funeral register, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/24 | Signature plate, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1086/25 | License plates, "MAESTRO1," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1042-1085, 1087-1583 | Music, 1932-1995 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1042-1085, 1087-1095 | Holograph Music, 1935-1990 | ||||||||||||
| The holograph music in the Bernstein Collection represents the music written in
Bernstein’s hand, from sketches to fair copies. A separate series of music has
not yet been fully described for inclusion in this finding aid, but is
accessible on request. That series includes manuscripts in the hands of
copyists and colleagues, photoreproductions (some of which are of Bernstein
manuscripts), printed and published music. This material includes full scores
and parts, and some of it includes edits and annotations in Bernstein’s
hand. Much of the material came to us in envelopes that included substantive notes on the history of their contents and relationships between works. These notes had been prepared by Bernstein’s musical assistants, Jack Gottlieb, Charlie Harmon, and others. To the degree possible, we transcribed this information and included it in the notes for each work. We assume, but cannot attest to its accuracy. While this subseries is called holograph music, it does include other related materials such as notes, correspondence, and scripts that were included in the packages of music that we received. There are also occasional photocopies of manuscripts, particularly works where the originals were gifts to friends and family. Some complex works have been kept in groupings that were designated before we received them and may reflect various stages of sketches and versions of a work. Dybbuk is a good example. We have also attempted to include as many cross-references as possible, particularly for versions of works whose titles changed, and those that moved within multiple pieces. Not all of Bernstein’s holograph music manuscripts reside at the Library of Congress, and not all that do are part of our Bernstein Collection. In addition to the aforementioned gift pieces to friends and family, some works are known to live in the Kennedy Library, in Israel, and in private hands. Among the works that are found elsewhere within the Library’s collections are sketches and a short score for The Kaddish in our Jack Gottlieb Collection, the full score for The Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) in our Koussevitzky Archive (it was a Koussevitzky commission), and the song “Victory Jive” in our Gershwin Fund Collection. There are various sources of the music manuscripts within our Bernstein Collection. The majority comes from the Bernstein estate, but significant portions were given to the Library by Bernstein himself between 1953 and 1967. This included manuscripts (but not necessarily all) for The Serenade, West Side Story, Trouble in Tahiti, On the Waterfront, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, Fancy Free, Candide, The Age of Anxiety, The Chichester Psalms and other works. The date range of the music manuscripts run from 1935, when Bernstein was 16 or 17, through 1990, a few months before he passed away. Although Bernstein is not generally thought of as having been particularly prolific as a composer, these manuscripts reveal a large number of obscure and unknown works. |
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| First organized alphabetically by larger work title. Within these, the typical order is (where they exist): full scores, short scores or piano-conductor scores, piano-vocal scores, parts, scripts, and other materials. Some items may be further organized therein by smaller units, such as song titles, and/or arranged chronologically by year. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1068/30 |
5 against 2
see also Play this |
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| Computer-generated piano score with holograph annotations ; [2] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1068/30 | 5 against 2 | ||||||||||||
| Computer-generated piano score with holograph annotations ; [1] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1088/1 | 50 precious notes ... and syllables to wish Harry [Kraut] a Quiet Place on his 50th birthday | ||||||||||||
| Words by Jamie Bernstein; music by LB | |||||||||||||
| Photoreproduction of holograph lead sheet ; [4] p. | |||||||||||||
| 2 pages are blank | |||||||||||||
| Dated: 12 April 1983 | |||||||||||||
| On envelope: Music using all forms of AQP tone row | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1088/2 | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Photoreproduction of holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p. | |||||||||||||
| Dated: 4-11 Apr '85 | |||||||||||||
| For Harry Kraut | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1042-1044 | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) | ||||||||||||
| Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/1 |
Act I finale ("Ball"
extension, Concertato, etc.) see also We must have a ball |
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| Holograph sketches in pencil ; [9] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/2 | American dreaming see also Breakout (Act II) |
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| Ozalid of piano-vocal score with holograph annotations in red pencil ; 8 p. | |||||||||||||
| Original title crossed out: The breakout | |||||||||||||
| Laid in: Insert A, holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/2 | American dreaming: choral cadenza | ||||||||||||
| Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/3 | American dreaming: choral cadenza | ||||||||||||
| Holograph sketches in pencil ; [5] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/4 | Another kind of man (interlude before Breakout) | ||||||||||||
| Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/5 | Auction I ; Auction II see also The monroviad |
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| 2 holograph piano-vocal scores in pencil ; [2], [1] p. | |||||||||||||
| Sketch on verso | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/6 | Auctions I ; Auction II | ||||||||||||
| Holograph sketches in pencil ; [2] p. | |||||||||||||
| The ball see Act I finale and We must have a ball |
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| BOX-FOLDER 1042/7 | Breakout (Act II) | ||||||||||||
| Sketches in pencil ; [9] p. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Another kind of man" and "American dreaming"; unidentified sketch on p. [8] | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/7 | Breakout (Act II) | ||||||||||||
| Typescript lyric sheets with annotations in AJL’s hand ; [5] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/7 | Breakout (Act II) | ||||||||||||
| Lyric sheets and notes in AJL’s hand with annotations in LB’s hand ; [3] p. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/4 | The breakout | ||||||||||||
| Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil ; p. 1-8, p. 5-6 | |||||||||||||
| p. 4-8 manuscript not in LB’s hand | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/8 | The breakout | ||||||||||||
| Lyric sketch in AJL’s hand in ink ; [2] p., yellow | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/9 | Bright and black see also Uncle Tom's funeral and It's the Jews |
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| Ozalid of piano-vocal score with holograph annotations in red and blue pencil ; p. 4-5 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/9 | Bright and black | ||||||||||||
| Manuscript piano score (Tom Cathran's hand?) in pencil ; [2] p. | |||||||||||||
| Caption: End of 5 to here | |||||||||||||
| The British see Sonatina |
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| BOX-FOLDER 1042/10 |
Can you love see also Reclamation scene and Sketches, set I |
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| Manuscript/typescript lyric sheets in the hands of LB and AJL in pencil and ink ; [3] p. | |||||||||||||
| Dreaming see Sketches, set I |
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| BOX-FOLDER 1042/11 | Duet for one (The first lady of the land) | ||||||||||||
| Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 18 p. | |||||||||||||
| Caption title: First lady sequence (+ new Hail) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/12 | Duet for one (The first lady of the land) | ||||||||||||
| Holograph sketches in pencil ; [10] p. | |||||||||||||
| Caption title: New Hail and Lady | |||||||||||||
| Last page is sketch for "Lady of the house" | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1042/12 | Duet for one (The first lady of the land) | ||||||||||||
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