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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
The tent in the desert night (continued)
Caption title: Sc. 6-(the tent in the desert night)/Paranoid scene
On envelope: "Orig ‘68 fair copy"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/4 The tent in the desert night
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [4] p.
Caption title: Kuli in tent (night, nostalgia)/Kuli nostalgia
BOX-FOLDER 1055/4 The tent in the desert night
Holograph notes in pencil ; [1] p., yellow legal
BOX-FOLDER 1055/5 They got this little secret : Guide song B
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy in Michael Barrett's hand with annotations by LB ; 3 p. each
On envelope: "Sc2"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/5 They got this little secret : Guide song B
Photocopy of typescript lyric sheet with annotations in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1055/14 They got this little secret : Guide song B
Computer printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p. + p. 4-5
BOX-FOLDER 1055/6 The trial
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and 2 photocopies; 3 p. each
Caption title: Sc. 8/(Trial)/Judge’s chorale and guide song/Eye for eye
Dated: "NYC 18-XII-86"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/6 The trial
Holograph/typescript lyric sheets with annotations ; [23] p.
Caption titles: Guide's trial song; Oh the judges judge us every day
BOX-FOLDER 1055/6 The trial
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [3] p.
Caption titles: Trial opening; Eye for eye orig sketch
Includes original folder
BOX-FOLDER 1055/7 The trial
Holograph sketches and photocopies in pencil ; [7] p. each
On envelope: "original Trail ‘68"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/8 Urga marches : Sc. 4 - (in the desert)
4 holograph scores in pencil ; [9] p.
Includes an ozalid of all items in this folder with annotations in red, blue and black pencil
BOX-FOLDER 1055/14 Urga marches : Sc. 4 - Merchant march A
Photocopy of holograph piano-vocal score/sketch ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1055/9 Urga marches/Scene 4/work-sheets
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketches in pencil ; [19] p.
Caption titles: Strong man wins; Kuli marches to Urga; Merchant’s march III (revised); Merchant march III; Merchant marches to Urga I; First, front...
On envelope: "Orig. ‘68 sketches"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/9 Urga marches/Scene 4/work-sheets
Lyric sketches in pencil, at least 2 appear to be in Sondheim’s hand ; [3] p., yellow legal
BOX-FOLDER 1055/10 Victory polkas : Sc. 1 race #2
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy ; 10 p. each
Includes an additional photcopy of p. 1
Dated: "28 Dec ‘86"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/10 Victory polkas : Sc. 1 race #2
Holograph/typescript lyric, script and note sheets with annotations ; [7] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1055/11 The way it is
Holograph music and lyric sketches in pencil ; [16] p.
Caption titles: Help help hooray; Policemen polka?; Ha ha ha ha....; after= "Wirbitten euch..." [sic]; About my brain; Presenting a play by Berthold Brecht; Blecht sketches ‘67-‘68
On envelope: "from LB studio, Dakota, 1989...pencil sketch fragments/That’s the way it is=Mommy are you there"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/12 Weak men die (and a good thing, too)
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy ; 3 p. each
Dated: "19 Nov. ‘86"
Note taped to inside cover
BOX-FOLDER 1055/12 Weak men die (and a good thing, too)
Manuscript piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy probably in Michael Barrett's hand ; 3 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 1055/12 Weak men die (and a good thing, too)
Holograph lyric sketches in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1055/12 Weak men die (and a good thing, too)
Holograph music sketches in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1055/13 Yahi slog
Photocopy of piano-vocal score/sketch ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1055/13 Yahi slog
Holograph lyric sheet on Luke Nash stationary and photocopy; [1] p. each
Photocopy includes an addition lyric for "Hornpipe"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/15 Unidentified
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [3] p.
Lyric sketch "The sky is falling" on verso of p.1
On envelope: "Exception + Rule?"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/16 "Exception" sketches/work-sheets
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [13] leaves
Caption titles: Sketches, rejects, hangovers/Organ prelude; Scherzando/Canon; no minor 2nds...; funeral procession + interruption; allo molto; For prelude?; adagio
On envelope: "orig ‘68 sketches.../possibly useful organ (?) Piece/misc.–incl. Mozart concerto cadenza?"
BOX-FOLDER 1055/17 Exception sketches
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [3] p.
Caption title: Pray’r;
On envelope: "chorale/‘Dub-bing [sic] sketch (just one?)"
BOX-FOLDER 1056/1 Exception/various lyrics
Manuscript/typescript/photocopied lyric sheets, hand unknown ; [33] p.
Caption titles/first lines: It’s always been normal to starve; Die Ausnahme und die Regel; Rods to prosperity/Coolie song/Two copes/Kicks parade; Hatch exception trial scene; Arnold W; Scene one/Scene two/Scene three; The Stephen Pettins charm school...by Alfred Wilson; Prologue
Laid in: note from Jerome Robbins
BOX-FOLDER 1056/2 Misc. non-music sketches/"contents" etc.
Holograph notes in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER ML96 .B5 Facsimile
see also Harvard orchestration exercises
Holograph full score in ink on transparencies ; 112 p.
Inscribed: "For Jerome Robbins"
Dated: "Stockbridge–New York Sept, 1946"
BOX-FOLDER ML96 .B5 Facsimile
Holograph full score in pencil on paper ; 6 p.
Dated: "Hollywood Dec 14 1946"
BOX-FOLDER ML96 .B5 Facsimile
Copyist’s manuscript in ink on transparencies ; p. 108-112
BOX-FOLDER 1056/3 Facsimile
Holograph score in ink on transparencies ; 39 p.
The only instrument indications are piano solos
On title page: For Jerome Robbins
BOX-FOLDER 1056/4 Facsimile
Holograph short score/sketch in pencil ; 49 p.
On verso of p. 17 a lyric or poem
BOX-FOLDER 1084/2 Facsimile
Holograph short score and sketches in pencil ; [24] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/5 Facsimile: II. Pianissimo ostinato
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/6 Falling in love again
Typescript lyric sheets with annotations in pencil ; [2] p.
Revised translation by LB, November 1986
On envelope: "was in Bernstein on Broadway book"
BOX-FOLDER ML96 .B5 Fancy free
see also The riobamba , Conch town and Nicest time of day ; Big stuff
Holograph full score in pencil, 2 volumes ; 140 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/7 Fancy free
Holograph short score in ink on transparencies ; 42 p.
Much of the score is for 2 pianos with occasional indications for other instruments
Occasional pages and taped in segments are in a copyist’s hand; there are no pages 11, 25-26 or 30
BOX-FOLDER 1056/8 Fancy free
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [66] p.
On envelope: "Pinpoints Adolph Green theme for waltz variation, has notation on mvts of Jeremiah, refers to Coleman Hawkins and Piano Anniversaries
Some sections taped over; paper often dirty and smudged
BOX-FOLDER 1056/9 Fancy free: Big stuff
Manuscript piano-vocal score in C, in pencil, some lyrics in ink ; 3 p.
On envelope: "with early version of lyric"
Not clear whether all is in LB’s hand or not
BOX-FOLDER 1056/9 Fancy free: Big stuff
Manuscript piano-vocal score in A, notes re arrangement for Billie Holliday at end ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/10 Fanfare (for the 25th Anniversary of the High School of Music and Art, NYC)
Holograph full score in pencil ; 4 p.
Dated: "15 Feb ‘61"
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