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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1088/13 Doctor's orders
Photoreproduction of holograph lead sheet for two voices ; [1] p.
On title page: HJK's Christmas carol/"Doctor's orders"/from the Old High Middle Persian/words by Dr. Gotthardt Mossadegh/music by Dr. Botssbradeh Kraulchail
Dated: Xmas '79
BOX 1051-1052 Dybbuk
BOX-FOLDER 1094/3 I. The messenger
Holograph full score in pencil; 8 p.
Laid in: photocopy of score for "Kabbalah;" [1] p.
On envelope: 3/variation O – messenger/partly in LB hand
BOX-FOLDER 1094/4 II. Leah
Holograph full score in pencil; 14 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1094/5 III. Five Kabbalah variations
Holograph full score in pencil; [42] p.
Each variation has separate pagination
BOX-FOLDER 1094/6 IV. Dream (pas de deux)
Full score in pencil; 11 p.
Portions are in LB's hand
BOX-FOLDER 1051/1 Alchemy variations/M+N/X+Y
Holograph short score in pencil ; [8] p.
Dated: "15 June ‘72"
BOX-FOLDER 1051/2 Another pas de deux (dream)
Holograph short score in pencil ; 4 p.
Dated: "30 Dec '73"
BOX-FOLDER 1051/3 C’s first variation (after Girls’ dance)
Holograph short score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/4 Celebrations
Photocopies of holograph short scores with annotations in ink and pencil ; 5 p.
Revised/(22 Jan ‘74)
BOX-FOLDER 1051/5 Danse démoniaque
Holograph short score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/6 Part I-A/(David and Jonathan)/Pas de 2, 4, 6
Holograph short score in pencil ; [6] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/7 "18"/(Celebrations)
Holograph short score in pencil and photocopies with annotations ; 12 p.
On envelope: used later as part of Mvt II of Jubilee Games
BOX-FOLDER 1051/8 Exorcism
Holograph short score in pencil ; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/9 Girls’ dance (coda to group dance "18")
Holograph short score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1083/8 Kaddish/(Procession)/(Transition from Channon’s death to Possession)
Holograph score/sketches in pencil ; [5] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/10 LC pas de deux
Holograph short score in pencil ; 8 p.
Dated: 4 Feb '73
BOX-FOLDER 1051/11 Leah's dance
Holograph score in pencil ; 2 p., 8 1⁄2" x 11"
Caption title: III-A
Dated: 27 Feb 72
On envelope: also known as: For Jessica Fleischmann
BOX-FOLDER 1051/12 Part I/A. Opening sequence/(Ha-mav’dil; Trance dance)
Holograph score in pencil ; 8 p.
Dated: 5 Feb ‘73
BOX-FOLDER 1051/13 Possession
Holograph score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/14 Repossession
Holograph score in pencil with photocopy of holograph attached ; 3 p.
Caption title: Possession revisited (12 Jan ‘74)/(Yet another P. de D.)
BOX-FOLDER 1051/15 Sarabande and coda
Holograph score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/16 Variation O
Holograph score in pencil ; 2 p.
In caption: suggest this follow Var. N and precede Var. X
BOX-FOLDER 1051/17 Variation Z
Holograph score in pencil ; 7 p.
In caption: channon alone
Dated: Xmas Eve ‘73
BOX-FOLDER 1051/18 Voices before dream ; Voices after dream
Holograph score in pencil ; 4 p.
Dated: 30 Dec ‘73
BOX-FOLDER 1083/9 Dybbuk–full ballet
Photocopies and ozalids of score heavily annotated in ink and colored pencils ; [80] p.
Includes: The tree of; Part I; Kaddish; Lullaby; David and Jonathan; Variation O; Alchemy variations; Dream; Leah and girls; Possession; Demon; Pas de deux/(Repossession); Exorcism
BOX-FOLDER 1051/19 Alchemy (variations)/(5 + rabbi)
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [11] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1051/20 Chai (in Hebrew) 18
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [11] p.
On envelope: 14 Jan ‘73/JG note: this became the basis for the 2nd movt Jubilee Games in 1986
BOX-FOLDER 1051/21 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph choral scores/sketches in pencil ; [13] p.
Caption titles: The dead/Kaddish–wedding)/Part III; Possession; Ostinato (procession); Sung canon (on stage); Chorale-prelude; Kaddish; Final cadence
BOX-FOLDER 1052/1 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [47] p.
Caption titles: Demonic; Kaddish; Procession; Ch final variation (death); Coda; C var.; Z/p. 4 extension; Cadenza to D+J; Another P de De; Part I; Part I-A/D+J; Part I-B (pas de deux)
BOX-FOLDER 1052/2 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [8] p.
Caption titles: Possession; C-var A/(Kabala, ecstasy; Sparks; Ch’s 1st var? (combine w/ ‘sparks’); Add to ‘sparks’
BOX-FOLDER 1052/3 Miscellaneous sketch
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
Note in blue pencil at bottom: "Sketch for Dybbuk (Jessica Fleischmann anniversary)/60's/LB"
BOX-FOLDER 1052/4 Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [6] p.
Caption titles: after 2nd chatter; Lead-in to Var. A; Revised celebrations/Exorcism; Girls dance–cont’d
Laid in: manuscript outline in Jerome Robbins' hand ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1052/5 Dybbuk work-sheets
Sketches in pencil ; [71] leaves
Caption titles: Christopher St; Lento sos benuto [sic]; The Rabbi’s world; Opening; ‘Sitar’ dance; D + J; Pas de deux (LC)/(Rows); LC Pas de deux/(Song of songs) etc.; Channon variation/(Hasid medley)/(+Saraband); Song; Who, what, when, why, how?
BOX-FOLDER 1052/6 Dybbuk out takes
Photocopies and ozalids with some annotations in various pencils ; [69] p.
Includes: "18"/Celebrations ; LC Pas de deux ; Possession revisited ; Sarabande/Coda ; Part I ; Another pas de deux ; C’s first variations (after girls’ dance) ; Alchemy variation M ; Variation O ; Variation Z
BOX-FOLDER 1052/7 Tally
Survey of page numbers and layout of motivic/row ideas in pencil ; [2] p.
"Tally" title from the envelope
BOX-FOLDER 1052/8 Dybbuk/Rough lay-out: Exorcism/Final section
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [30] p.
Dated: 14 Jan ‘73
On envelope: originally in ‘rough lay-out’ folder was : ‘18'/Leah’s dance/Part II, the dead (Kaddish–wedding)/Demonic/Ch final variation (death)/cadenza to D&J/Part I, Part 1-A (Intro D&J)/Part 1-B (pas de deux)/Alchemy (variations) (5 + rabbi)/Possession, C-var A (Kabala, Ecstasy)
Caption titles: Tree; Hexatonic mode; Slude; Andante con moto; Exorcism; Untitled/Coda
BOX-FOLDER 1052/9 Dybbuk, general notes
Notes, research, outlines, music, etc. by LB and Jerome Robbins in pencil and ink, much in Hebrew ; [94] leaves, mostly yellow legal, but all types and sizes, approximately 30 items
On envelope: Includes the tree or ten numbers
Dates on items range between 1965-74
BOX-FOLDER 1094/7 Dybbuk suite
Manuscript full score with photoreproduced portions, chiefly in pencil ; 137 p.
Caption title: Dybbuk suite #1
Partially in LB's hand
Individual sections are also numbered separately
BOX-FOLDER 1053/1 El salón Mexico
Holograph piano score in ink with annotations in pencil ; 17 p.
Inscribed: To Helen [Coates]–My first published manuscript; even if only half-mine–with love Lenny
Dated: 1941
BOX-FOLDER 1053/2 El salón Mexico
Holograph piano score in pencil ; p. 2, 4-9, 12 1⁄2" x 9 1/4"
Signed and dated: original draft–piano transcription of Copland’s El Salón Mexico....(summer, 1939)
On envelope: Found in LB’s mother’s apartment May 1969; signed at that time by LB
Pages torn and ragged
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