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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1066/6 Mildred will have to be capitalism
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [16] p.
Subtitles: Overture (sea picture); The transmogrified sea-shell
BOX-FOLDER 1066/6 Mildred will have to be capitalism
Typescript libretto by Paul Bernard Davis with annotations in pencil ; [3] p.
Heavily stained
On envelope: "1930s"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/7 Minnie-poo
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil, with lyric sketch re Adolph Green on verso ; [3] p.
Inscribed: "For my little Nina with many kisses Daddy"
On envelope: "has verse, unlike later version. Refers to Candide"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/8 Mixolydian mix-up
Holograph piano score in pencil ; 2 p.
Inscribed: "For Jamie with love on her 14th birthday from Daddy/8 Sept ‘66"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/9 Moby Diptych
Holograph piano score ; 2 p.
Inscribed: "For Tony Kuerti, who visits with grace"
Dated: "Tyringham, Mass. 19 July 1981"
On envelope: "For book on saving whales, ed. Tony Kuerti, published in ‘13 Anniversaries’"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/10 Music for string quartet
Holograph score in ink and pencil ; [6] p.
On envelope: "Juvenalia, late ‘30's"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/11 Music for string quartet and flute (1938)
Holograph score in ink with annotations in pencil ; [10] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1066/12 Music for two pianos (1937)
Holograph full score in ink with annotations in pencil ; 15 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1066/12 Music for two pianos
Holograph piano I part in ink with annotations in pencil ; [6] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1085/8 A musical toast: salute to Kosty (in memory of A. Kostelanetz)
Holograph full score tissue masters in pencil with annotations by JG ; 18 p.
Signed and dated: "(orch. 15 Sept. ’80; consummated at 4:50 A.M.)"
Inscribed: "Fondly dedicated to the memory of André Kostelanetz"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/13 A musical toast: salute to Kosty (in memory of A. Kostelanetz)
Holograph short score in pencil and red pencil ; 3 p.
Dated: "July 1980"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/13 A musical toast: salute to Kosty (in memory of A. Kostelanetz)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] leaf
Dated: "Summer, 1980"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/14 My new friends
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
Inscribed: "For Phyllis [Newman] with love"
Dated: "12 March ‘79"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/14 My new friends
Holograph sketch score in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1066/15 My twelve-tone melody
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy with annotations in red and green pencil ; 4 p. each
Inscribed: "To honor Irving Berlin on his 100th birthday"
Dated: "12 March 88"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/15 My twelve-tone melody
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1066/15 My twelve-tone melody
Holograph lyric sketches in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1066/15 My twelve-tone melody
Photocopy of sketch and piano-vocal score with annotations in pencil ; [2] p.
Inscribed: For Jamie (3 Sept. 1973) and Felicia (9 Sept. 1973)
BOX-FOLDER 1066/16 Nachspiel (in memory of Jack Romann)
Photocopy of "First love" heavily annotated in pencil and blue pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1066/17 The NEA forever march
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: "22 Nov 89"
On envelope: "Song about the 12 Presidential medals for 1989"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/18 A new chorale (for an old friend)
Photocopy of piano-vocal score ; [2] p.
Inscribed: "To Memby [Wager] with love on your birthday, Lenny/29 April ‘83"
On envelope: "Opening chorale from A Quiet Place"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/19 Nicest time of day ; Big stuff
see also Fancy free
Holograph music and lyric sketches in pencil ; 3 p.
The first leaf is missing the bottom half
"The nicest time of day" became "Lucky to be me" in On the Town; "Big stuff" was used in Fancy Free
BOX-FOLDER 1066/19 Nicest time of day
Lead sheet in pencil, may be holograph or combination holograph and manuscript ; 3 p.
Includes lyric sketches and business notes
BOX-FOLDER 1066/20 Nina birthday 1986
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
On envelope: "Song without words"
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1066/21 Non troppo presto
Photocopy of piano score ; 4 p.
Inscribed: "For Mildred [Spiegel, now Zucker], 21/with all my heart–L.B./June 12, 1937"
On envelope: "sent from Mrs. Zucker in 1985"
BOX-FOLDER 1066/22 Now I know, circa 1942
Piano-vocal score in ink, lyric in pencil ; [2] p.
Lyrics by Charlie Stern
Note: composer name on front Lenny Amber
BOX-FOLDER 1090/3 O, my Harry
Photoreproductions (2) of holograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p. each
On title page: A vacation song (with apologies to Nabokov) (and with gratitude for doing the work of twelve me, and doing it brilliantly)/Lenny B/16 Oct 77
BOX-FOLDER 1067/1 Ob in London, ob in Oslo...
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
On envelope: "From ‘Opera Tunes’ folder (Fairfield): circa 1989-90"
BOX-FOLDER 1090/4 Oedious Rex (Deep structure)
Photocopies (3) of piano-choral score ; [3] p. each
On title page: For Mike O'Hara and the Harvard Glee Club
Dated: 9 Nov '73
Found with Trouble in Tahiti materials
BOX-FOLDER 1090/3 Oedious Rex (Deep structure)
Miscellany
Description from folder: Norton/Harvard lectures musical examples in Tom Cothran ms = 7pp plus 5 pp Xeroxes t/b setting Oedipus "Deep structure" plus photocopies of Fair Harvard, The unanswered question, Mozart G minor symphony opening
Found with Trouble in Tahiti materials
BOX-FOLDER 1067/2 Offertorium (B and A)
Photocopy of lead sheet ; [1] p.
Signed: "Bernstein and [Mike] Nicols, 1960"
Note: for Jule Styne
BOX-FOLDER 1067/3 Oi Loik Loiko!
Holograph music and lyric sketches in pencil ; [1] p.
On envelope: "For Peter Loiko’s birthday...original in Nyack NY"
Dated: "29 May 86"
BOX-FOLDER 1067/4 Olympic hymn
see also I love this land
Holograph lyric sketches in pencil on yellow legal paper ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1067/4 Olympic hymn
On the town ( 1944 )
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
BOX-FOLDER 1067/5 Coney Island
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; 5 p.
Incomplete
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1067/6 I can cook too
Holograph lead sheet in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1067/7 Lonely town
Published piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
Inscribed in ink on cover: "To Dad with love Lenny"
On envelope: "removed from Jennie Bernstein’s apt., July 1991"
Lucky to be me
see Nicest time of day
BOX-FOLDER 1067/8 Pas de deux
Holograph piano score/short score/sketch in pencil ; 4 p.
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