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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1057/6 For Craig U.
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil [1] p.
Dated: 5 Nov ‘86 (orig sketch 196_?)
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1057/7 For Daddy on Crawdaddy day from Tata
Photocopy of holograph canon ; [1] p.
Dated: 17 June 1990
BOX-FOLDER 1057/8 For Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau on his 60th birthday: Ein Blueslein zu Singen
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
Lyric sketch in pencil taped to p. [2]
Dated: 12 Feb ‘85
BOX-FOLDER 1088/14 For Harry, 11 April 1974
Photoreproduction of holograph lead sheet for a canon ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1088/15 For Harry, X'mas '74
Photoreproduction of holograph piano-vocal score for "Take care of the house;" [1] p.
Five measures only
Inscribed: This plus 35¢ can get you to Brooklyn. Cut Charles Hamilton and Schuyler Chapin might parlay it into a taxi-ride
BOX-FOLDER 1057/9 For Helen another happy birthday
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
Three staves only
Dated: 14 July 1972
BOX-FOLDER 1057/10 For Helen Coates
3 photocopies of holograph sketch; 1 p.
Inscribed: "Dear Helen: This just turned up: it must be decades old: and what better way to celebrate your big round birthday? With all my love Lenny 19 July ‘84
On envelope: "Sketch of earlier birthday piece using notes HCC, GRACE/Found and signed in 1984 by LB: ‘It must be decades old’/Original to Nina Bernstein, 1989"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/11 For Helen on her birthday (1975)
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Inscription: "...The start of a song, ‘I Will Love’–only a fragment...."
Note from HC: "This song was written for the musical ‘1600' (it was never published)
BOX-FOLDER 1057/12 For Helen on her birthday
Holograph piano score in pencil, with words in red and blue pencil ; [1] p., [3] m.
Signed and dated: "With love from Lenny/ 19 July ‘73"
Glued to a piece of cardboard; note taped to back of frame (now removed) reads: "Please give this to Alexander Bernstein with love from ‘Nanny’ Helen/3/18/88"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/13 For Helen, with love, from Lenny
Holograph piano score in pencil ; 2 p.
Dated: 18 July ‘70
On envelope: "This later became the ‘1st Meditation’ in Mass (H.C.)"
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1057/14 For HJK’s 50th (Fifty precious notes)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
Date on envelope: "April 1983"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/15 For Jamie (8 Sept 1973) and Felicia (9 Sept. 1973)
Holograph piano-vocal score and sketch in pencil ; [3] p.
Includes "twelve-tone melody/waltz"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/15 For Jamie (8 Sept 1973) and Felicia (9 Sept. 1973)
Holograph lyric sketch in pencil and ink ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1057/16 For Jamie on the Great Eighth of September, 1981
Photocopy printed score of "God Said" from Mass with holograph lyrics in ink ; [11] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1057/17 For Leo Smit
see also Miscellaneous sketches
Photocopy of holograph piano score with cover page and note page ; [3] p.
Dated: "5 Feb ‘88"
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1057/18 For Nicholas Slonimsky
Holograph sketch piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: "7 Feb ‘89"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/19 For Olga Naumoff and Serge Koussevitzky
Photocopy of piano score ; [2] p.
Inscribed: in memory of a great and noble woman
Became movement V of "Seven Anniversaries"
Dated: "January 14, 1942"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/20 For Sono and Vic [Emaleh] on their 35th wedding anniversary
Holograph sketch piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: "23 April ‘78"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/21 For Stephen Sondheim
Photocopy of piano score with annotations in red pencil ; [2] p.
Dated: "20 March 1965"
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1057/21 For Stephen Sondheim
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
Title "A whole other kind of waltz" crossed out
Note according to JG: "Used in 1st version of A Quiet Place: cookie song, Mrs. Doc, later
BOX-FOLDER 1057/22 For Steve Sondheim
Holograph sketch piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
Includes sketch "For Nina" and unidentified sketch on p. [2]
BOX-FOLDER 1057/23 For Steve, a gift, free/The Perry waltz (traditional tune, "Sakura")
Photocopy piano score ; [1] p.
Dated: "Xmas ‘74"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/24 For Steve Sondheim the waltz kind de nos jours...
Photocopy of piano score ; [1] p.
Dated: 22 March 1961
Photocopied in heavy frame, hard to read
BOX-FOLDER 1057/25 For Uzi, housewarmer
Holograph sketch for song in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: 15 Feb ‘85
For David Usdan
BOX-FOLDER 1057/26 Four Anniversaries
see La bonne cuisine sketches for "David Diamond anniversary"
3 holograph piano score/sketches in pencil ; [7] p.
Caption titles: July 19-1899; June 6-1920/JM
On envelope: "Four anniversaries (incomplete)/For Helen G Coates/For John Mehegan/NB Mehegan sketch also contains segment of what became ‘It Must Be So’ (from (Candide). In context of piano piece, it is musically related. Also, note JM are initialed for June 6, 1920 date, but HGC not given for Helen Coates sketch."
BOX-FOLDER 1057/27 Four Anniversaries
Holograph piano score in ink on transparency, incomplete ; p. 2
Note by HC: "part of the 2nd set of Anniversaries copied by Lenny on March 3-1948..."
On envelope: "This may be the page LB is copying in the series of photographs by Victor Kraft"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/28 Four Studies for 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, and Piano (ca.. 1940)
Holograph full score in ink with emendations in pencil ; 6 p. ; 12 1⁄2" x 9"
Includes: I. Prelude ; II. Fughetta ; III. Chorale ; IV. Finale
BOX-FOLDER 1057/28 Four Studies for 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, and Piano (ca.. 1940)
Holograph parts in ink with emendations in pencil ; 10 p. ; 10 3/4" x 6 3/4"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/29 Fourth grade tears (for Nina)
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: 15 Feb ‘85
Signed and dated: "with love from Daddy/7 June ‘72"
BOX-FOLDER 1094/8 Frog-chorus
Photoreproduction of holograph choral score ; 3 p.
Inscribed: An Harry (der Kraut_ zum Geburtstag fur grossen Froschehor anfgefurhat zu warden an 11 April, 1973 im golddenen Saal des Wagerhauses leider nich inder presence seines liebven Freundes [sic]
BOX-FOLDER M25 .B Fuga a 3
Photocopy of copyist’s manuscript piano score, 7 m. ; p. 46
Dated: "Oct 15 1973"
Copyright deposit: Eu 499500
BOX-FOLDER 1057/30 Fur GER(e)DA
Photocopy of piano score ; [1] p. taped, with cover note
Dated: Aug ‘77
BOX-FOLDER 1057/30 Fur GER(e)DA
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1057/31 GAEA (waltz for Pallavicini)
Holograph sketch in pencil and ink ; [1] p.
On verso: Holograph sketch in pencil of "Inscape pan-chords" ; [1] p.
On envelope: "An analysis of Copland work"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/32 Gesperte Walzer [?]
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [4] p.
On envelope: From "Opera tunes" folder (Fairfield)
BOX-FOLDER 1057/33 Get Hep!
Holograph piano-vocal score in ink on transparencies ; 5 p.
Dated: 11 Oct. 1954
A marching song commissioned by Michigan State College in honor of its Tercentenary
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