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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
Fancy free (continued)
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"
BOX-FOLDER 1056/11 Farewell to Constance
see also Miscellaneous sketches
Holograph piano score in pencil ; 2 p.
Inscribed for Tio; dated 21 Oct ‘77
Laid in: annotated photocopy
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1506/11 Farewell to Constance
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/12 Fever
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil ; 2 p.
Titles also refer to "F in Fever" and "Var: Fever"; note also reads: "(after Lullaby, instr. feverish dream sequence)..." implying this is part of a larger work
BOX-FOLDER 1056/13 First love
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
Inscribed: for my mother, March 1986
BOX-FOLDER 1056/14 The firstborn (1958): Israelite chorus
Holograph score for mixed voices, horn, clarinet, and three hand-drummers in pencil ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/15 The firstborn: Tensrets’s song
Holograph lute-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/16 The firstborn
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [3] p.
Five Anniversaries (1949-51)
BOX-FOLDER 1056/17 I. For Elizabeth Rudolf
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil with emendations and notes on cover ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/18 II. For Lukas Foss
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil with emendations ; 3 p.
Ragged edges and stained
BOX-FOLDER 1056/19 III. For Elizabeth Ehrman
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/20 III. For Sandy Gellhorn
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
This piece was not included in the published collection
BOX-FOLDER 1056/21 IV. For Martha Gellhorn Matthews
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; [3] p.
This piece was published in the collection as "For Sandy Gellhorn"
BOX-FOLDER 1056/22 V. For Susanna Kyle
Holograph piano score in pencil ; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1056/23 Five anniversaries
Copyist’s manuscript in ink on transparencies, annotations possibly in LB’s hand in blue pencil ; 12 p.
Laid in: letter from G. Schirmer
There are significant differences between this version and what was published; the Elizabeth Ehrman anniversary is not here, and a piece for Sandy Gellhorn is replaced by a piece originally written for Martha Gellhorn Matthews
BOX-FOLDER 1057/1 Folk dance
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1057/2 For Aaron
Photocopy of holograph piano score with annotations in red and blue pencil ; [3] p.
Note in LB’s hand: "Used in finale of A[ge] of A[nxiety] (6 yrs. Later!)"
Dated: Aug., 1942
BOX-FOLDER 1057/3 For Aaron on Aaron’s birthday
Holograph piano score in pencil with annotations in blue pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: November 1986
Later published as part of Thirteen anniversaries
BOX-FOLDER 1057/3 For Aaron on Aaron’s birthday
Holograph sketches in pencil and blue pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1057/4 For Alexander's birthday/A round
Holograph sketch in pencil ; 1 p.
Inscribed: "For Nina, Jamie + David to sing for Axel on his 30th b. July ‘85"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/4 For Alexander's birthday/A round
2 manuscript vocal scores in pencil and ink; 1 p. each
On envelope: Performed by Songfest singers backstage at Jones Beach, July 7, 1985"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/5 For Arthur Gold
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Inscribed: in loving memory 4 Jan ‘90
Note on folder: "From ‘Opera Tunes’ folder (Fairfield)"
BOX-FOLDER 1057/5 For Arthur Gold
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
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.
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