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Leonard Bernstein collection, circa 1900-1995

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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
Dear boy (continued)
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BOX-FOLDER 1047/20 Dear boy
Manuscript lyric sheets in pencil in hands of LB and Richard Wilbur ; [5] p.
One page titled: Syph-lesson song
BOX-FOLDER 1047/20 Dear boy
Letter and lyric sheet in Richard Wilbur's hand in ink with annotations by LB ; [2] p.
Dated: 24 March 56
BOX-FOLDER 1047/21 Earthquake to Limbo; Limbo to outskirts
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1047/22 Farce - pantomime music
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
Based on "Glitter and be gay"
BOX-FOLDER 1047/23 Fernando's lullaby
see also Lonely men of Harvard and Pure child
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Became "Sheep’s song" in the Chelsea version of Candide
BOX-FOLDER 1047/24 Five kings introduction
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
Unused
BOX-FOLDER 1047/25 Gambling scene (Paris)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 14 p.
Includes material which became "Money, money, money (Venice gambling scene)"
BOX-FOLDER 1047/26 Gambling scene (Paris)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 9 p.
Minuet sketch on verso of title page
Uses Mozart menuet from Don Giovanni
Found in folder also marked "Paris II"
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BOX-FOLDER 1047/27 Gambling scene (Paris)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
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BOX-FOLDER 1047/28 Get you up
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 20 p.
Unused
BOX-FOLDER 1047/29 Get you up
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 15 p.
Folder marked: Westphalia II
BOX-FOLDER 1047/30 Glitter and be gay
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 15 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1047/31 Glitter and be gay
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [3] p.
Title page: Cunegonde’s jewel song
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BOX-FOLDER 1047/31 Glitter and be gay
Letter and lyric sheet in ink in Richard Wilbur's hand with annotations by LB ; [1] leaf
BOX-FOLDER 1047/31 Glitter and be gay
Manuscript/typescript lyric sheets in pencil in hands of LB and Richard Wilbur ; [5] p.
Caption title: Cunegonde’s aria part II
One is on reverse side of mimeograph typescript titled "Suggested audition numbers"
BOX-FOLDER 1047/32 Gloria (antiphon)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1047/32 Gloria (antiphon)
Typescript lyric sheet ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1047/33 Governor's bolero (culture song)
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [5] p.
Unused
BOX-FOLDER 1047/33 Governor's bolero (culture song)
Holograph/typescript lyric sheets in pencil ; [7] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 1048/1 I am easily assimilated
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
Title page: Old lady's tango
BOX-FOLDER 1048/2 I am easily assimilated
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [5] p.
Caption title: Old lady's Jewish tango
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BOX-FOLDER 1048/3 I love you
Holograph/ozalid piano-vocal score with annotations in pencil and colored pencil ; 13 p.
p. 2-6 are ozalid of "Proposal duet" with new LB lyrics and changes
The music is a combination of "Oh, happy we," "Candide’s lament" and the instrumental bridge of "Love duet"
BOX-FOLDER 1048/4 Iago's litany
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
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BOX-FOLDER 1048/4 Iago's litany
Holograph lyric sketch in pencil ; [1] p., top cut out
Titled: Soldier's greeting
Unused
The inquisition scene
see Auto da fé and Lisbon sequence
BOX-FOLDER 1048/5 Into the raft
Holograph piano score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1048/6 It must be so
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
Title page: It must be me (Candide's meditation)
BOX-FOLDER 1048/7 It must be so
Holograph sketch in pencil with dummy lyric; [2] p.
Title page: Candide's Elizabethan number
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BOX-FOLDER 1048/8 It must be so
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
Includes sketches for what became "Build my house" for Peter Pan and "Taunting scene" for West Side Story
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BOX-FOLDER 1048/9 The king's barcarolle
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 12 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1048/10 Lament to travel ; Tulips to garbage ; Garbage to doors
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1088/8 Lesson scene/Lesson song
Holograph sketches in pencil ; 6 p.
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BOX-FOLDER 1048/11 Life is happiness indeed
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 16 p.
Title page: The marquise's gavotte
Laid in: typescript lyric sheet ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1048/12 Life is happiness indeed
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 m.
New opening, dated "10/89"
BOX-FOLDER 1048/13 Life is happiness indeed
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil ; [14] p.
Title page: Marquise's gavotte
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BOX-FOLDER 1048/13 Life is happiness indeed
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1048/13 Life is happiness indeed
Holograph/typescript lyric sheets in pencil ; [6] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 1048/14 Lisbon sequence
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 22 p.
Title page: Lisbon opening
BOX-FOLDER 1048/15 Lisbon sequence
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and red pencil ; 8 p.
Title page: New Lisbon sequence (Sept. 1958)
BOX-FOLDER 1048/15 Lisbon sequence
Typescript lyric sheets combined with letters from Richard Wilbur, annotations in pencil in LB's hand ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1048/16 Lisbon sequence
Gambling scene: Money, money
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; 11 p.
New Lisbon opening (19 Nov 56)
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil ; [11] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1048/16 Lisbon sequence
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