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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1058/5 Harvard choruses (1957)
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
The lonely men of Harvard (lament-march)
Holograph short score in pencil ; 8 p.
Became the "Sheeps Song" in the 1973 production of Candide
Harvard music coursework
BOX-FOLDER 1058/6 Bluebook exams
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1058/7 Division of music/examination B
Printed musical examples with LB annotations in pencil
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1058/8 Harmony exercises/counterpoint
Holograph exercises in pencil and ink, annotations by professor in red ; [54] leaves, mostly 8" x 7"
Mostly signed and dated between 1935-37
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BOX-FOLDER 1058/9 Harmony exercises/counterpoint
Continuation of Box-Folder 1058/8, but larger items ; [14] items, [22] leaves, mostly 8 1⁄2" x 11"
This batch includes string quartet exercises, exams with printed music where LB writes analysis below; one work is titled: "Gum-drop in E"
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1059/1 Music notebook
Schirmer’s harmony tablet, blue cover [55] p. ; 6 3/4" x 10", some pages have been removed
Note on folder: "‘Poco piu mosso’ went into On the Town"
Includes: Rhapsody in blue, arr. ; Poem re "Applebaum", signed A.B. Magil ; Anna ; Sonata in 2 movts for rec[order] + piano
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BOX-FOLDER 1059/2 Music notebook: The student’s music pad
Holograph sketches and scores in pencil and ink, bound, some p. missing, some loose at back ; [40] leaves, 6 3/4" x 10 5/8", signed on cover
Includes: with utter sterility ; Prelude in B minor ; Love duet ; Trio C# minor ; Hora staccatto ; Prelude in C ; Daffodil in a slender silver vase
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BOX-FOLDER 1059/3 Contemporary music: a defense
Typescript of paper with musical examples in ink, and annotations in pencil ; [37] leaves
Includes comments in pencil from professor, often extending to the verso of pages
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BOX-FOLDER 1059/4 String trio, for 2 violins and viola
Holograph score in pencil ; [21] p.
Dated on p. [15]: "Nov. 30, 1937"
In bound "Ditson music writing book," 9 3/8" x 7 1⁄2", p. [21] detached
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BOX-FOLDER 1059/5 Trio c# minor for violin, cello and piano
Holograph score in ink and pencil ; [56] p.
Signed on cover and inscribed on p. [1]: "To the Madison Trio/M.S./D.R./S.K."
In bound "Belwin music writing book," 9 1/4" x 7 3/4"
Digital content available
Harvard music coursework
The contents below were found together in a box labeled: LB at Harvard, Music MS, Box One/Vault 1579/Examined by CH + JG 11.23.94/Box LB-48 /'At an Old Trysting Place' (O)/'Barnyard' (O)/Harvard species counterpoint exercises / Harvard orchestration exercises (orchestrations of works by various composers)
BOX-FOLDER 1088/18 Box contents list
Typescript ; leaf [1]
BOX-FOLDER 1088/18 Barnyard
Holograph orchestration exercise in pen ; leaves [2-5]
BOX-FOLDER 1088/18 At an old trysting place
Holograph orchestration exercise in pen ; leaves [6-8]
Note suggests that this work and "Barnyard" may have been composed when LB was at Curtis
BOX-FOLDER 1088/18 Species counterpoint exercises
Holograph scores/exercises in pen and pencil ; [13] leaves
Two and three-part counterpoint exercises
One exercise is dated: Mar 9, 1938
BOX-FOLDER 1088/18, 1092/10 Counterpoint exercises
Holograph exercises in pen and pencil ; [15] leaves
One exercise dated: 3 June, 1939
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1089/1-4, 1092/11 Orchestration exercises and harmony notebook
Holograph exercises in pen and pencil ; [77] leaves and folder
Works identified by JG and/or by caption titles
JG speculates that "Allegro molto" may have been composed by LB
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Contents:
  • Schubert. March militaire
  • Prokofiev. Sarcasme
  • Schumann.Two pieces from Carnaval. Eusebius; Pantalon et Columbine
  • Honneger. Piece pour le piano
  • Ravel. Vocalise
  • Milhaud. Impanema
  • Schumann. Symphonic etudes
  • Hindemith. Sonata no. 2
  • Bartok. Melody in the mist
  • Bartok. Fifth chords
  • Bartok. M in the M
  • Liszt. Funérailles
  • Bartok. Peasant dance
  • Scriabin. Etude VI
  • Scriabin. Prelude XIV
  • Schubert. Op. 77, no. 9
  • Kreisleriana
  • Schubert. Op. 171, no. 6
  • Schubert. Op. 77, no. 6
  • Schubert. Op. 77, no. 8
  • Debussy. Bruyères
  • Bach. English suite in A minor. Sarabande
  • Mehul. Menuetto
  • Debussy. Danseuses de Delphes
  • Bach. Prelude VIII
  • Op. 171, no. 5
  • Schubert. Posthumous no. 4
  • Bernstein [?]. Allegro molto
BOX-FOLDER 1059/6 Harvard orchestration exercises
Photocopy of scores ; [21] p.
Titles include: Barnyard; At an old trysting-place; Allegro molto (used in Facsimile)
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BOX-FOLDER 1059/6 Harvard orchestration exercises
Letter from Vivian Perlis re enclosed copies of LB manuscripts found in Aaron Copland’s files ; [6] p.
Titles include: Very calm
BOX-FOLDER 1059/7 Hashkiveinu for Cantor, Choir and Organ (1945)
Holograph full score in pencil ; 21 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1059/8 Hashkiveinu
Holograph score in pencil, incomplete ; 3 p.
Notes on verso re concert repertory
BOX-FOLDER 1059/8 Hashkiveinu
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
On verso: map of America by LB
BOX-FOLDER 1059/9 Heinz 52
Holograph sketch/piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
Dedication: for HJK 11 Apr. ‘85
BOX-FOLDER 1059/10 Historeconomy (A small canon for two great voices)
Holograph vocal score in pencil and photocopy ; [1] p. each
Inscribed: To Arthur [Schlesinger] and Ken [Galbraith] on their birthday 15 October 1979
BOX-FOLDER 1059/10 Historeconomy (A small canon for two great voices)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1059/11 The history of music from 1920 to 1945 in 20" for JB
Copyist’s piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Holocaust opera
Collaborators include Stephen Wadsworth Zinser and John Wells
BOX-FOLDER 1060/1 Opera 85
Holograph notes and music sketches in pencil and ink with post-it ; [4] p.
Dated: "Positano 4 July ‘84" and "SWZ–27 July ‘84"
BOX-FOLDER 1060/2 Multi-language opera
Manuscript/typescript notes, outlines, and correspondence in hands of LB and SWZ ; [49] p.
Laid in: Lyric opera of Chicago 31st season advertisement, 1985-1986; manilla folder; envelope
BOX-FOLDER 1060/3 Multi-lingual cont’d (3 Jan ‘85)
Manuscript/typescript notes, outlines and synopsis in hands of LB and SWZ ; [18] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1060/4 Saul/David/Jonathan triangle opera/and: S.D.J./Dybbuk "cycle"
Correspondence with notes and outlines from John Wells ; [13] p.
Laid in: holograph notes in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1060/5 Babel outline draft #1
Typescript by John Wells with LB annotations ; [70] p.
Dated: "13 Jan 90" and "29 Jan 90"
Laid in: folder marked "L’opera/script first drafts"
All "Babel" material below was originally included in this folder
BOX-FOLDER 1060/6 Babel outline draft #2
Typescripts by John Wells with LB annotations in pencil ; 15 p.
Dated: "20 Jan 90"
BOX-FOLDER 1060/7 Babel outline draft #3
Holograph notes in pencil and typescript by John Wells with LB annotations ; [11] p.
Dated: "28 Jan ‘90"
BOX-FOLDER 1060/8 Babel outline draft #4
Typescript by John Wells with LB annotations ; 21 p.
Dated: "February 1, 1990"
BOX-FOLDER 1060/9 L’opera/lyrics/notes/(Jan ‘90)
Manuscript/typescript lyric sheets and notes by John Wells and LB ; [19] p.
Caption titles: 200%; Old lady's song; Flashback dream; Coca-cola; The chosen people syndrome
BOX-FOLDER 1060/10 Babel–outline draft by John Wells
Typescript with various LB annotations ; [23] p.
On folder: L’opera/rejected scenes/Jan ‘90
BOX-FOLDER 1061/1 Holocaust opera "set" + "characters"
8 set pieces–photocopies of photographs mounted on cardboard
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