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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1044/17 Sketches, set I
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [3] p.
Includes: "Dreaming" which was later used for "Sam’s aria" in A Quiet Place, a sketch for "Can you love?," and, according to a note on the envelope in which they arrived at LC, materials related to "What happened?" and "Exclamation scene"
BOX-FOLDER 1044/18 Sketches, set II
Holograph music and lyric sketches in pencil ; [11] p.
Caption titles: Freedom song worksheets; Too much love; Easy to be President
Includes an ozalid piano-vocal score of "We," no lyric, with annotations in LB’s hand ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1044/19 Sketches, set III
Holograph tone rows in pencil ; [1] p.
Caption title: New noodles
BOX-FOLDER 1045/1 Aaron at the crossroads
Holograph piano-vocal score sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
For Aaron Stern; according to envelope, dated "31 Oct ‘86"
BOX-FOLDER 1045/1 Aaron at the crossroads
Holograph acrostic lyric sheet ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/2 Aaron's canon
Photocopy of holograph violin and piano score with annotations in blue pencil ; 3 p.
Used in Mass’ dated "14 Nov ‘70"
BOX-FOLDER 1045/3 Adagio for piano, 4 hands : Eine kleine Leidensmusik
Holograph sketch in pencil; 1 leaf
For Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Fratz, who have original; related to Zwei engel
Dated: 28 March ‘73/Monte Leon, Gran Canaria
BOX-FOLDER 1045/4 Adagio molto
Holograph sketch for cello and humming chorus ; 2 p.
p. 2 indicates for "Slava"; dated "17 Aug 89"
BOX-FOLDER 1045/5 Afterthought
Holograph full score in ink on transparencies and ozalid print; 10 p. each
In memoriam, H.J.R.
"HJR" was Hyman J. Rubinstein, LB’s MD in NYC (before Charles Solomon). He died young. Did LB’s deviated septum. This orchestra version was withdrawn by LB. Dated May 1, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 1045/6 Afterthought
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/7 Afterthought
Holograph piano-vocal score in ink on transparencies with editing annotations ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/7 Afterthought
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/7 Afterthought
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [1] p.
ML96.B5 The Age of Anxiety, Symphony No. 2 for piano and orchestra (after W.H. Auden)
Full score in ink on transparencies, some portions not in LB’s hand ; 133 p.
Inscribed: For Serge Koussevitzky in tribute
Dated: N.Y.C., 20 March 1949/First day of spring!
BOX-FOLDER 1085/1 The Age of Anxiety: The dirge
Holograph full score in ink; 17 p.
Attached note in JG’s hand reads: "original version (fair copy) of The dirge"
On envelope: "JG note: was premiered in Israel prior to premier of full symphony. Nov. 1948"
BOX-FOLDER 1085/2 The Age of Anxiety: The epilogue
Holograph full score in ink; [9] p.
On envelope: "JG note: indicates that the very 1st conception did include piano solo – not just a final ‘affirmation’ chord. Based on opening clarinet solo"
BOX-FOLDER 1045/8 The Age of Anxiety: The epilogue revisions
Holograph piano score/short score in pencil ; 10 p.
Includes: Orchestral changes; Solo piano additions; solo piano cadenza (before (J))
BOX-FOLDER 1045/9 The Age of Anxiety: The epilogue
Holograph of 4 measure "Epilogue" theme in ink; 1 p.
Dated: "1975"
BOX-FOLDER 1045/10 The Age of Anxiety
Holograph sketches in pencil with annotations in ink ; [38] p.
Includes: Prologue and Variations (Part I) ; Prologue ; Var I ; Var II ; Var 3 ; Var IV ; Var V ; Var VI ; Var VII
BOX-FOLDER 1045/11 The Age of Anxiety
Holograph sketches in pencil with annotations in ink ; [62] p.
Includes: Dirge/Masque and Epilogue ; Dirge ; Insert ; Epilogue [full score for strings in ink with annotations in pencil ; 6 p.] ; Epilogue ; The Epilogue
Alarums and Flourishes (1980)
Unfinished musical theater work in collaboration with Arthur Laurents
BOX-FOLDER 1045/12 Rough drafts and unfinished sketches
Holograph sketches and lyric sheets; [53] p.
Caption titles: Saquina's lullaby ; Tirade ; Hail ; After hail (prologue) ; Alexo (cont'd) ; Credo ; Perpetual horniness ; The song of inconvenience of perpetual horniness
BOX-FOLDER 1045/13 Sketches
Holograph sketches and lyric sheets; [67] p., 3 p.
Caption titles: verse to Expo ; Oriana ; Lucie song (sc. 2) ; Balladiers ; Balls ; 12-tone serenade ; Everybody loves me ; A night with you ; Hail ; Palador song ; Canon ; Renaissance (lullaby?) ; Pomposo ; Line ideas ; Exposition
BOX-FOLDER 1087/1 Script materials
Typescript/manuscripts with annotations ; [107] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1087/2 Lyric sheets
Holograph/typescript in pencil ; [7] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 1087/3 Correspondence from Arthur Laurents
Typescript letter ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1087/4 Script materials
Typescript/manuscripts with annotations ; [55] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1087/5 Notes, letters, outlines
Typescripts with annotations and LB holographs in pencil ; [55] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/14 Amen
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
Title page: Shout for McCarthy rally, 15 Aug ‘68
BOX-FOLDER 1045/15 ... and it has!
Holograph cello score in pencil ; [1] p.
Signed: For Alexander’s graduation/7 June 79
BOX-FOLDER 1088/3 ... and it has!
Photoreproduction of holograph cello score and sketch ; [4] p.
Inscribed: For Alexander on his graduation with all my love/Daddy/7 June '79
BOX-FOLDER 1045/16 Anniversaries
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [5] p.
Title page: Current sketches/July ‘73
"Anniversaries" title from envelope
BOX-FOLDER 1045/17 Anniversary for Adam Green
Holograph piano score sketch in pencil, incomplete ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/18 Anniversary for Jessica Fleischmann
Holograph piano score sketch in pencil ; p. 2 and title page
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1045/18 Anniversary for Jessica Fleischmann
Thermocopy of fair copy with annotations in red pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1045/19 Arbeit
2 melodies with non-English lyrics and sketches in pencil ; [3] p. out of sketchbook, 8 1/4" x 5 3/4"
Title in Hebrew; described on envelope as "Arabic folk songs"
BOX-FOLDER 1083/1 Arias and barcarolles
Manuscript piano four hands score in pencil in hands of LB and JB ; [62] p.
Includes: Prelude; Love duet; Little Smary; The love of my life; Greeting; At my wedding; Mr. and Mrs. Webb say goodnight; Nachspiel
BOX-FOLDER 1083/2 Arias and barcarolles
Photocopies of manuscript scores, heavily annotated in colored pencil with editing markings
BOX-FOLDER 1083/3 Arias and barcarolles
Photocopies of manuscript scores, heavily annotated in colored pencil with performance markings
BOX-FOLDER 1092/1 Arias and barcarolles
Photocopies of piano-vocal scores
Some annotations by LB
"Welcome greeting" and "Nachspiel" are in JG's hand
BOX-FOLDER 1045/20 Arias and barcarolles
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [20] p.
Includes: Mr. and Mrs. Webb say goodnight ; Roughhouse ; Nocturne ; Prayer/Goodnight ; Moving; sections that were not used in the final version
Dated: 23 April ‘88
BOX-FOLDER 1045/21 Arias and barcarolles: Love duet
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
Caption title: Serial/Cereal song (corn-pops)?
Dated: 10 Jan ‘86
BOX-FOLDER 1045/22 Arias and barcarolles
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [5] p.
Includes: I love you ; I love my life
BOX-FOLDER 1045/22 Arias and barcarolles
Holograph lyric sketches in pencil ; [2] p.
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