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Music, 1932-1995 (continued)
Holograph Music, 1935-1990 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 1095/1 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Holograph full score of "Invocation" in pencil ; 8 p.
Dated: Begun Mon., 4 Nov., '63
On envelope: Opening
BOX-FOLDER 1089/5-6 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [56] leaves
Kaddish, Symphony no. 3 [Box 5]
Digital content available
Kaddish, Symphony no. 3 [Box 6]
Digital content available
BOX-FOLDER 1089/7 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
see also Jack Gottlieb Collection (sketch/short score)
Holograph short score in pencil; 2 p.
On title page: Prelude and Kaddish I
Note by JG: This is an early version of the prelude. The revised version of the prelude was given to the John F. Kennedy Library on Dec. 16 1964 (along with "the complete short score")
BOX-FOLDER 1089/7 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Manuscript score in pencil in the hand of JG and photocopy; [6] p. each
BOX-FOLDER 1089/8 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Holograph score in pencil ; [1] p.
Caption title: Insert/Kaddish, finale (p 87, bar 4)
Dated: 16 Feb '77
BOX-FOLDER 1089/8 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Holograph score in pencil ; 2 p.
Caption title: Kaddish finale, #5 (to replace p. 147 ...)
BOX-FOLDER 1089/8 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Typescript lyric sheets ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 1089/9 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Printed liner notes by JG ; [2] p.
Annotations by LB
BOX-FOLDER 1089/9 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Negative photostat of complete short score fair copy ; [90] p.
Dated: 19 Aug '63
On envelope: Presented to JFK Library, Dec. 16, 1964, at a reception given after the Baltimore Symphony performance of Kaddish
BOX-FOLDER 1089/10 Kaddish, Symphony no. 3
Printed text in Hebrew ; [15] p.
Inscribed: Dear Daddy – I thought you wouldn’t want to miss this. Isn't it beautiful in Hebrew? Love Lenny
On envelope: Removed from Jennie Bernstein's apartment July 1991
Laid in: 11 p. typescript in English, with annotations in Hebrew
BOX-FOLDER 1062/23 Kosta’s song (from As I like it)
Holograph sketch for song in pencil ; [1] leaf
On envelope: for Cast Courcoubetis?
BOX-FOLDER 1062/24 Kreidekreis
Holograph sketches for a musical/opera in pencil ; [39] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1062/25 Kreidekreis
Holograph songlisting/outline and lyric sheets in pencil on yellow legal paper ; [21] leaves
Includes: Once upon a bloody time; Four fancy generals; Ode/blindness...; Center song (weaving); Seven days; Whenever she sat by the brook; Iron shirts; Now she was steady in the courtyard; The bigshots are big; Your father is a thief; If he walked in golden shoes; Chaos; When the house of a bigshot falls down in the dirt
Envelope also included paperback of Brecht’s Der Kaukasische Kreidkreis [The Caucasian Chalk-circle], purchased after LB’s death, and now with the other books in the collection
BOX-FOLDER 1063/1 Largo
Holograph piano score in pencil ; [1] p.
Very early piece; paper heavily stained
The lark (1955)
Incidental music for a play by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lillian Hellman
Latin choruses and Spring Song recast as Missa Brevis
BOX-FOLDER 1063/2 I. French choruses
Holograph choral score in ink on tissues ; [14] p.
Includes: 1. Spring song; 2. Court song ("Fi, mari"); 3. Soldiers' song
BOX-FOLDER 1063/3 II. Latin choruses
Holograph choral score in ink on tissues ; [15] p.
Includes: 1. Prelude (Exaudi and Qui Tollis); 2. Benedictus; 3. Sanctus; 4. Requiem; 5. Gloria (coronation music)
Laid in: original folder
BOX-FOLDER 1063/4 Prelude: I. Opening prayer
Holograph choral score in pencil ; 6 p.
Note crossed out on title page: Commissioned by and dedicated to the Julliard School on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary
BOX-FOLDER 1063/4 Prelude: I. Opening prayer
Holograph notes in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1063/5 The lark
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [34] p.
Includes: Marches; Credo; Alleluia; Benedictus; Qui tollis; Court song; Sanctus; Requiem; Gloria
BOX-FOLDER 1063/6 Leave him not
Holograph sketch for song in pencil ; [2] p.
On title page: poem by Franco Amurri/Treasure file
BOX-FOLDER 1063/6 Leave him not
Lyric sheet in pencil on yellow legal paper, with musical sketch ; [1] p.
Lyric credited to G.H. Swinger
BOX-FOLDER 1063/7 Leaving Stockbridge, entering Lee
Holograph canon for 2 voices in pencil ; [1] p.
Dated: "Stockbridge, Mass 22 July ‘86 830 AM"
Note on post-it: "for George Steel and his friend Lee Carpenter"
BOX-FOLDER 1063/8 Let there be light
Holograph piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil ; [1] leaf
BOX-FOLDER 1063/9 Das Lied von Lieben (Gotthardt) Liebersohn
Holograph music and lyric sketches and program note in pencil ; [7] p.
Dated: "March ‘74"
On envelope: "performed by LB, Comden and Green, in honor of Goddard Lieberson at the Plaza Hotel"
BOX-FOLDER 1063/10 A little norton lecture
Holograph score for male voices, piano and string bass in pencil ; 7 p.
Dated: "15 April ‘73"
On title page: "For the Krokodillos [sic]/Poem: EECummings, Norton Professor, 1938-9.../[First performance in honor of the Signet Society]/21 April ‘73"
On envelope: "used later in Songfest [with title "if you can’t eat you got to"]"
BOX-FOLDER 1063/10 A little norton lecture
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1063/11 Lolita
Holograph sketches/piano-vocal score in pencil ; [5] p.
Caption title: The ballad of Annabel Lee
The music became "Sam’s aria" from A Quiet Place
BOX-FOLDER 1063/11 Lolita
Holograph sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
Caption title: H.H. song
BOX-FOLDER 1063/11 Lolita
Holograph lyric sheet in pencil ; [1] p.
Caption title: O my Carmen
BOX-FOLDER 1063/11 Lolita
Holograph notes in pencil ; [1] p.
Caption title: Prologue
BOX-FOLDER 1063/12 Lullaby and variations
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1063/12 Lullaby and variations
Holograph lyric sheets in pencil ; [4] p.
Caption titles: F in sickbed; F in fever
BOX-FOLDER 1063/13 Magic Nine-Oh
Holograph piano-vocal score in pencil and photocopy ; 2 p. each
Dated: "16 March ‘88"
Inscribed: "For me darlin’ mither Jennie-Bee on her 90th/Love Lenny/20 Mar 88"
BOX-FOLDER 1063/14 Magic Nine-Oh
Holograph music and lyric sketches in pencil ; [4] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 1063/15 The man that married Mary
Color photcopy of holograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 1063/16 Marche à la Chupa
Holograph piano score/sketch in pencil ; [3] p.
Inscribed: For Felipe and Alexandra [Weisgal], with love, knowing you will understand if it sounds just a soupçon Japanese/8 Aug ‘85 500 pm/Osaka–Tokyo
On envelope: for wedding....
BOX-FOLDER 1084/5 Martha Graham ballet
Holograph sketches in pencil ; [16] p.
In folder marked "Martha Ballet Sketches"
One page titled "Jonathan Edwards" implies sections comprised of: Waltz for Agnes deMille, Tango for Misha Baryshnikov, Finale for Antony Tudor, Two Step for Mr. B/George Balanchine, Dancisca [sic] for Jerry/Jerome Robbins
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