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Leonard Bernstein collection, circa 1900-1995

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Writings, 1928-1991 (continued)
General Writings Chronology (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 102/8 [notes regarding phonecalls, ticket requests for January 30 Carnegie Hall AIDS Benefit], 1989 January
BOX-FOLDER 102/9 [postcards (2) regarding a 1941 allergy-suppressant visit to Key West, where work was done on the Clarinet Sonata and Conch Town (bits found in Fancy Free and West Side Story)], 1989 January
BOX-FOLDER 102/10 [riddle to "Dearest kids"], 1989 February 6
BOX-FOLDER 102/11 Thought and action aren't at all the same... [sonnet], 1989 February 10
BOX-FOLDER 102/12 [letter of recommendation for Franco Amurri], 1989 February
BOX-FOLDER 102/13 [letter of recommendation for Marc Weisgal], 1989 February
BOX-FOLDER 102/14 [statement for a New York Philharmonic Orchestra/WQXR radiothon], 1989 February
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BOX-FOLDER 102/15 [birthday telegram to Stephen Sondheim], 1989 March
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BOX-FOLDER 102/16 [letter of recommendation for George Steel], 1989 April 12
BOX-FOLDER 102/17 Almost goodbye (Almost a sonnet) [poem for Helen Coates Memorial], 1989 May 6
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BOX-FOLDER 102/18 [commencement address, Fairfield University], 1989 May 20
BOX-FOLDER 102/19 [acrostic poem for "APEX" (Eric Chalkley, the crossword creator)], 1989 May 23
BOX-FOLDER 102/20 [concert talk on Debussy (for TV?), drafts in Italian and English, Rome], 1989 June 9
BOX-FOLDER 102/21 [letter of recommendation for Lukas Foss (Rockefeller Foundation residency)], 1989 June
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BOX-FOLDER 102/22 [poems, for Fritz and Jutta Reventlow], 1989 July
BOX-FOLDER 102/23 Warsaw: 1st September 1939 [TV scripts and outline, narration by Samuel Pisar, small speaking part for Leonard Bernstein], 1989 July-August
BOX-FOLDER 102/24 [birthday crossword puzzle from the Bernstein family, solved by Leonard Bernstein], 1989 August
BOX-FOLDER 102/25 [programming plans and miscellaneous note, Tanglewood], 1989 August
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BOX-FOLDER 102/26 [programming plans for the New York Philharmonic, 1989 October], 1989 August
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BOX-FOLDER 102/27 Round 4 4 kids [2-measure round by L. van Bernstein "To the first fruit of my loom"], 1989 September 8
BOX-FOLDER 102/28 [review by John Rockwell in the New York Times of a Tchaikovsky concert, Leonard Bernstein's annotations], 1989 October 28
BOX-FOLDER 102/29 [statement on the death of Virgil Thomson], 1989 October
BOX-FOLDER 102/30 [tribute to Alan Jay Lerner, including lyric for "Take care of this house," from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue], 1989 October
BOX-FOLDER 102/31-33 Candide [TV scripts and planning materials, London performance], 1989 October-December
BOX-FOLDER 103/1 [statement to the press regarding the National Endowment for the Arts/Artists' Space controversy], 1989 November 17
BOX-FOLDER 103/2 The NEA forever march [song], 1989 November 22
Photocopy of manuscript score
BOX-FOLDER 103/3 The lyrical liberal strikes again [poem to William Safire in limerick form], 1989 November 27
BOX-FOLDER 103/4 [limerick for Henry Wrong, on his retirement from the Barbican Centre], 1989 November 28
BOX-FOLDER 103/5 [remarks for an AIDS event at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where no. 9 from Arias and Barcarolles was performed], 1989 November 30
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BOX-FOLDER 103/6 [interview by Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone magazine], 1989 November
BOX-FOLDER 103/7 Ego-trip [poem], 1989 December 8
BOX-FOLDER 103/8 [telegram reply to an invitation to the Carnegie Hall debut of the New World Symphony], 1989 December 11
BOX-FOLDER 103/9 [acrostic poem for Mark Adams Taylor], 1989 December 19
BOX-FOLDER 103/10 [crossword puzzle by Harry Kraut, solved by Leonard Bernstein], 1989 December 19
BOX-FOLDER 103/11 Christmas in Berlin, 1989 [poem], 1989 December 24
BOX-FOLDER 103/12 [acrostic poem for Craig Urquhart], 1989 December 25
BOX-FOLDER 103/13 Berlin program [draft statement regarding the replacement of "Freude" by "Freiheit" in the "Ode to joy" of Beethoven's 9th Symphony], 1989 December
BOX-FOLDER 103/14 [crossword puzzle by "APEX," solved by Leonard Bernstein], 1989 December
BOX-FOLDER 103/15 Dance suite [note listing title, dedication, and movements], 1989 December
BOX-FOLDER 103/16 [lyrics, for Stephen Sondheim's 60th birthday], 1989 December
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BOX-FOLDER 103/17 [Scottish poem for Muriel Nuttall], 1989 December
BOX-FOLDER 103/18 [note to Charlie Harmon (regarding a song from The exception and the rule?)], 1989
BOX-FOLDER 103/19 [notes regarding Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival programs], 1989
BOX-FOLDER 103/20 [letter to Christoph von Eschenbach, for a 50th birthday Festshrift], 1990 January 20
BOX-FOLDER 103/21 [acrostic tribute (crossed out) to Gwyneth Jones], 1990 January 23
BOX-FOLDER 103/22 Matword puzzle [word game/puzzle for Mark Adams Taylor], 1990 January 26-27
BOX-FOLDER 103/23 [crossword puzzle by "APEX," solved by Leonard Bernstein], 1990 January
BOX-FOLDER 103/24 [limerick for John Mauceri on the 10th anniversary of the Scottish Opera Orchestra], 1990 January
BOX-FOLDER 103/25 [telegrams to Amyas Ames and Ellen Adler Oppenheim], 1990 January
BOX-FOLDER 103/26 [letter to Gary Graffman and Curtis friends cancelling appearance], 1990 February 8
BOX-FOLDER 103/27 [crossword puzzle by "APEX," solved by Leonard Bernstein], 1990 February-March
BOX-FOLDER 103/28 [acrostic sonnet for Christina Burton], 1990 March 2
BOX-FOLDER 103/29 Mozart Mass in C Minor [TV script, Waldsassen, Germany], 1990 April 3-4
English and German
BOX-FOLDER 103/30 Mass in C Minor [poem], 1990 April 4
BOX-FOLDER 103/31 [acrostic sonnet for Harry Kraut], 1990 April 10
BOX-FOLDER 103/32 [memo, Tricia Andryszewski to Harry Kraut (Leonard Bernstein's annotations), regarding planned German-language book, Leonard Bernstein on Composers], 1990 April 24
BOX-FOLDER 103/33 [acrostic birthday poem for Dr. Kevin Cahill], 1990 May 1
BOX-FOLDER 103/34 [memo from Tricia Andryszewsky regarding upcoming birthdays to be acknowledged], 1990 May 8
BOX-FOLDER 103/35 [letter to Gian-Carlo Menotti regarding cancellation of Spoleto Festival concert], 1990 May 21
BOX-FOLDER 103/36 Proclamation of surrender [poem for Aaron Stern], 1990 May 27
BOX-FOLDER 103/37 Finalizing the deal, I believe you call it [poem for Harry Kraut], 1990 May 29
BOX-FOLDER 103/38 [entry in the New York Magazine Competition Number 677 (personal ads)], 1990 May
BOX-FOLDER 103/39 I due Davidi; I due Davide (II) [acrostic poems for David Corro and friend], 1990 June 11-12
BOX-FOLDER 103/40 Three days at Lenox Hill [acrostic poem on the word "oncology"], 1990 June 13
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BOX-FOLDER 103/41 [limericks, for Jutta and Erich Mauermann], 1990 June
BOX-FOLDER 103/42 [limerick to Jim Kendrick of Boosey & Hawkes], 1990 July 13
BOX-FOLDER 103/43 Epithalamion for J. Avedon's 2nd time around [poem regarding Richard Gere], 1990 July 21
BOX-FOLDER 103/44 [message to Richard Avedon sending regrets], 1990 July 21
BOX-FOLDER 103/45 It began in November and ended in June... [poem, Tokyo], 1990 July
BOX-FOLDER 198A/1 Opera of song cycles (notes), 1990 August 30
BOX-FOLDER 103/46 [poem for Jamie Bernstein's birthday, conferring the "Cross of Jerusalem"], 1990 September 8
BOX-FOLDER 103/47 [message to John Mauceri], 1990 September 17
BOX-FOLDER 103/48 Leonard Bernstein withdraws from conducting [press release, drafts], 1990 October
BOX-FOLDER 103/49 ["Dear John" letter to John Wells regarding collaboration on Holocaust opera], 1990
BOX-FOLDER 103/50 [notes to Jack Gottlieb and Philip Allen regarding Jubilee Games and Arias and Barcarolles], circa 1990
BOX-FOLDER 103/51 Teachers and teaching [TV script], 1991 August 23
BOX-FOLDER 103/52 Wagner's music isn't racist [article, published in the New York Times, excerpted from the "Wagner-Freud" TV script], 1991 December 26
BOX-FOLDER 104/1 April showers [script for a playlet about Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/2 Beloved the race, the genus, the class... [poem], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/3 [concert remark: a prayer "before Leonore" regarding war and peace], undated
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BOX-FOLDER 104/4 Confidence pill [poem], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/5 The dark wind... [poem], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/6 [dream notes], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/7 Fat Phoebus [poem, with Mike Nichols], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/8 L'homme revolté [poem], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/9 [introductory remarks to a German television program about George Gershwin], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/10 [introductory remarks to a German television series about musicals], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/11 Is there an American music? [outline for a possible concert talk, TV program, or lecture], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/12 [Leonard Bernstein signature samples], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/13 [list of Gertrude Stein quotes with ideas for musical settings], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/14 Little old you [poem], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/15 [note to Craig Richard Nelson, semi-illegible copy], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/16 [notes/musings on "Pan-Am jet: near catastrophe averted" and "4 poems about losing a guilt"], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/17 [notes of (Jack Gottlieb?) regarding Mahler], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/18 [notes (on a possible imaginary conversation?) regarding atonality], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/19 [notes on "learning," theoretical and experiential], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/20 [notes on singers for Songfest and A Quiet Place], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/21 [notes regarding Helen Epstein's Children of the Holocaust, and list of sponsors, in an otherwise empty diary], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/22 Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) [translation (for a performance by New York City Symphony?)], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/23 [playlet regarding difficulties communicating with room service in a foreign country], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/24 [poem, for inclusion in Thomas Warfield's Global Poem in Praise of Peace project], undated
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BOX-FOLDER 104/25 [poem to be read at a Juvenile Diabetes Association award presentation to Arthur Laurents], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/26 A Quiet Place [notes/scenario for the "successor to Tahiti?"], undated
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 104/27 [research materials regarding Sir Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, Leonard Bernstein's annotations, perhaps for the 1982 BBC production of "Elgar Enigma Variations"], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/28 Shabby muslin...; Burnt ravenna...; There is still a harbor... [poems], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/29 Star-turn [word game/poem], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/30 Tanglegoose rhymes [rhymes about Paul Fromm and Seiji Ozawa, based on the Mother Goose nursery rhymes], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/31 [thank-you letters (2) to fans of the Young People's Concerts], undated
BOX-FOLDER 104/32 [word game à la "Boggle," solved by Leonard Bernstein], undated
BOX-FOLDER 105-115, 161-176 Television Scripts
Contains the following subseries: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts, Bound Television Scripts, Television Scripts Collections - Notebooks, and Teleprompter Scripts.
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