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Book/Printed Material Manuscript/Mixed Material Young People's Concerts Scripts: Humor in Music [pencil on yellow legal pad paper]

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Title

  • Young People's Concerts Scripts: Humor in Music [pencil on yellow legal pad paper]

Names

  • Bernstein, Leonard -- 1918-1990 (author)

Headings

  • -  Humor in music
  • -  Incongruity
  • -  Nonsense
  • -  Piston: The Incredible Flutist
  • -  White: Mosquito Dance
  • -  Imitation
  • -  Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
  • -  Wit
  • -  Speed
  • -  Haydn: Symphony No. 88
  • -  Satire
  • -  Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
  • -  Puns
  • -  Mahler: Symphony No. 1
  • -  Caricature
  • -  Gilbert and Sullivan
  • -  Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
  • -  Burlesque
  • -  Mozart's "Musical Joke"
  • -  Shostakovich: Polka
  • -  Copland: Music for the Theatre
  • -  The Bassoon
  • -  Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • -  Cartoon music
  • -  Humors
  • -  The Scherzo
  • -  Brahms: Symphony No. 4
  • -  Educator
  • -  Mahler, Gustav and Alma
  • -  Young People's Concerts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

Form

  • manuscript

Extent

  • 22 (1-17 numbered, verso's pg.s 6 & 7, + "new end" 2 pages + verso of 2nd pg.) pages.; 8" x 12.5"

Repository

  • Music Division

Shelf Location

  • Box/Folder 106/01

Access Condition

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division

The following items are included in The Leonard Bernstein Collection ca. 1920-1989, with the permission as noted:

Correspondence

  • Correspondence to Leonard Bernstein from Aaron Copland used by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., 254 West 31st Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 461-6956, fax: (212) 810-4567.
  • Correspondence to Leonard Bernstein from Serge and Olga Koussevitzky used courtesy of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Library of Congress, Music Division, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20540-4710, Phone: (202) 707-5503, Fax: (202) 707-0621.
  • Correspondence to Bernstein and family members from Helen Coates used by permission from Marianne Langner Zeitlin, 204 Warren Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618.

Bernstein Family Correspondence

  • Correspondence written by Leonard Bernstein used by permission from Marie Carter, VP Licensing and Publishing, The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc., 121 West 27th St., Suite 1104, New York, NY 10001, Fax: 212 315 0643.
  • Correspondence written by Felicia Bernstein used by permission from Ms. Nina Bernstein, President, The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc., 121 West 27th St., Suite 1104, New York, NY 10001.
  • Correspondence written by Shirley Bernstein used by permission from Mr. Harry Kraut, The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc., 121 West 27th St., Suite 1104, New York, NY 10001.
  • Correspondence written by Sam and Jenny Bernstein used by permission from Mr. Burton Bernstein, P.O. Box 236, Wewaka Brook Rd., Bridgewater, CT 06752.

Scripts

Article

  • The article Professor Lenny by Joseph Horowitz is reproduced with permission from The New York Review of Books External. Copyright © 1993 NYREV, Inc. Drawing by David Levine. Reproduced with permission from The New York Review of Books. Copyright © 1993 NYREV, Inc.

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1920s-1942

  • The first known photograph of Bernstein as a conductor. As a camp counselor, he is conducting the Camp Onota Rhythm Band, 1937. © Made available online with permission from The Berkshire Eagle. David Scribner, Editor, The Berkshire Eagle, 75 S. Church Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201-6166.
  • Bernstein conducts Stravinsky's L'histoire du Soldat at an informal Tanglewood tea party. Serge Koussevitzky- conductor and Bernstein mentor- and his wife Natalie look down from the balcony. The inscription to Helen Coates refers humorously to L'histoire D'un éléve - the tale of the student. 1940. © Made available online with permission from The Berkshire Eagle. David Scribner, Editor, The Berkshire Eagle, 75 S. Church Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201-6166.

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1943-1945

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1946

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1947

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1948

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1949

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1950-1953

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1955-1957

  • Bernstein, 1956. © Made available online with permission of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Friedman-Abeles, Billy Rose Theatre Collection. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
  • Bernstein at rehearsal for West Side Story . Carol Lawrence (who played Maria) is at his left, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is playing the piano, 1957. © Made available online with permission of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Friedman-Abeles, Billy Rose Theatre Collection. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
  • Bernstein with Felicia, Jamie, and Alexander. Seasons Greetings on music. Made available on- line with permission of © WHITESTONE PHOTO/Heinz- H. Weissenstein All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 456, Lenox, Massachusetts, 01240-0456.
  • Bernstein with wife Felicia, and children Jamie and Alexander. Made available online with permission of © WHITESTONE PHOTO/Heinz- H.Weissenstein. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 456, Lenox, Massachusetts, 01240-0456.

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1960s

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1970s

Bernstein Photo Gallery, 1980s

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Chicago citation style:

Bernstein, Leonard. Young People's Concerts Scripts: Humor in Music pencil on yellow legal pad paper. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/lbypc.0021/.

APA citation style:

Bernstein, L. Young People's Concerts Scripts: Humor in Music pencil on yellow legal pad paper. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lbypc.0021/.

MLA citation style:

Bernstein, Leonard. Young People's Concerts Scripts: Humor in Music pencil on yellow legal pad paper. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lbypc.0021/>.