Leonard Bernstein Collection, 1900-1990
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Leonard Bernstein and Marc Blitzstein at Martha's Vineyard, 1960
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Bernstein departing for Israel to assume duties as musical director of...
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Bernstein at party following Gershwin Memorial concert playing Palesti...
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Shirley Bernstein and Marc Blitzstein at Tanglewood
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, October 1938
excerpt: "I'll try to reach Blitzstein before I call you to get the dope from him. But what makes you think he controls the fee?" From: Correspondence Series
S.H.M. Gilbert to Leonard Bernstein, March 18, 1980
excerpt: "March 2nd reminded us of Marc Blitzstein's birthday. But for his tragic death, he would have been 75 years old. At his death he left a partial manuscript of his opera "Sacco and Vanzetti." We pray you... More
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "I adore Mexico City, although I don't breathe properly yet I got a piano with no trouble."
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Hi you! I miss having you about to remind me of me How is music - and the war drive?"
Eric Gordon to Leonard Bernstein, April 13, 1987
excerpt: "I want to thank you very much for your time on Saturday to talk about Marc .I find there are three questions I we didn't have time for and that I really would like to ask "
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, July 4, 1956
excerpt: "I'm working fine; some MAHAGONNY, mostly the choral work. I occasionally wonder how you manage balancing the CANDIDE-WEST-SIDE-STORY-CARMEN-MOZART-MASS-AND-CONCERTO-TELEVISION-SCRIPTS-ST. LOUIS-WHAT-H... More
Selma Wolfman Lillian Hellman's secretary to Leonard Bernstein, Februa...
excerpt: "Enclosed is a clipping that came from Bernard Malamud. He wanted you to see it and asked that you send it on to Mrs. Davis."
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Shirley Bernstein, 1987
excerpt: "Shirley 15 in 1939. jr in H.S. Knew Cradle, learned it could read music adored MB in London when MB was killed
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 15, 1...
excerpt: "...I received the wonderful news that you (PLURAL) are pregnant...[John Mehegan] feels the Jazz Symposium is very important...Marc [Blitzstein's] version of the Threepenny Opera...I am amazed that you... More
Michael Myerberg to Leonard Bernstein, December 12, 1947
excerpt: "We are opening Cradle December 26 and of course are planning on your presence"
Leonard Bernstein to Marc Blitzstein, April 17, 1955
excerpt: "Today I played some of Regina for Peter Diamant, head of the Holland Festival and he seemed terribly impressed and interested."
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, April 16, 1950
excerpt: "Your casual throwaway phrase: "If you run into any trouble on lyrics (in Peter Pan), consult Marc - he's my deputy" - has borne all kinds of fruit; raw, ripe, rotten The new opera is nearly half finished!"
Leonard Bernstein to Marc Blitzstein, March 28, 1955
excerpt: "I've been through hell over Regina. I am furious and disgusted, and what is worse, helpless. I now understand the run-around I've gotten I'm going to have one last fling with deSabata on it, and then ... More
Josephine Blitzstein Davis to Leonard Bernstein, March 28, 1965
excerpt: "I know so well what your letter to Marc is about. I live with him daily and sometimes I can even get passed [sic] the last horror and continue a "life" that for me cannot die."
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 23, 1955
excerpt: "I'm aware the hopping-mad tone of my letter was way out of bounds I can only plead my sense of exasperated frustration as the weeks went by I think it would be fine if all the jazz and spirituals in "... More
Josephine Blitzstein Davis to Helen Coates, June 2, 1964
excerpt: "Now that I'm back from the Soviet Union, I want to tell all of you how grateful and full of love I am...I wrote to Lenny asking if I could again see the MMS. Of SACCO I also want to know about IDIOTS ... More
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 30, 1944
excerpt: "Both you & Jeremiah superbly tailored. Accept my order for repeat"
At Martha's Vineyard, July 1956
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Eric Gordon notes for questions to ask Leonard Bernstein about Marc Bl...
excerpt: "Did Marc have a place in New York he would swim during the winter?...Why did the Washington Opera revised, restored Regina never happen?...Marc and Felicia's relation "
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Hi you! I miss having you about to remind me of me How is music - and the war drive?"
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 23, 1955
excerpt: "I'm aware the hopping-mad tone of my letter was way out of bounds I can only plead my sense of exasperated frustration as the weeks went by I think it would be fine if all the jazz and spirituals in "... More
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, n.d.
excerpt: "[Irving] thinks it would be wonderful to have either Marc's or the Threepenny Opera, although he feels that Brandeis would not want it if it were running on Broadway at the same time." From: Correspon... More
Harvard University to Leonard Bernstein, May 4, 1939
excerpt: "Permit for Use of University Building For the use of Sanders Theatre for rehearsals and performance of Marc Blitzstein's musical play "The Cradle Will Rock ""
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, January 4, 1950
excerpt: "I'm inept at writing fan letters - but the Berlioz last night threw me completely I took it to my heart "
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 15, 1955
excerpt: "I know the enormous success of "Wonderful Town" in London plus your hard work at Scala plus running all over the place but a simple word? A line to let me know ?...I could go on but I think I'll wait ... More
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, January 3, 1961
excerpt: "I wish you were happier This is between yourself and yourself The Christmas-card-photo is a dream."
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Leonard Bernstein, April 11, 198...
excerpt: "Harry Kraut called No recall of 3PO No recall of Cuba trip details Has sent out copies of the MB-LB correspondence MB never tried to recruit LB into CP."
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard Bernstein, January 25, 1952
excerpt: "[Blitzstein] felt [he] should know more about the festival and your ideas and plans for it...[Olga Koussevitzky] was quite upset about your idea of doing the Schoenberg and Kirchner pieces..." From: C... More
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Shirley Bernstein, January 25, 1964
excerpt: "It's an open season on Kaddish, all right. The President. Marc [Blitzstein]. I take it you've read substantially what we've read: first an auto accident; then a new story about being beaten by thr... More
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, June 20, 1939
excerpt: "Yaddo is exactly as I left it eight years ago, which is a little frightening, but reassuring too."
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, October 31, 1953
excerpt: "Helen assured me you hadn't been gobbled up by the Jordan massacrists Reuben, the rummy rogue, is finished; or about finished"
Leonard Bernstein to Marc Blitzstein, December 13, 1961
excerpt: "So how goes it? I thought of you last night at the Met, & imagined with excitement S & V treading those Forza boards."
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Burton Bernstein, December 30, 1...
excerpt: "6 y.o. in 1939 MB-like an 8th grade teacher, This is what you must do. Paradoxical, complex "
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Here, and every inch a soldier. How are you? And D.O?"
Josephine Blitzstein Davis to Leonard Bernstein, May 5, 1985
excerpt: "Your love for Marc came shining through the entire time. I'm grateful and love you because you and Marc loved each other. Somehow, I feel a part of it."
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Leonard Bernstein, April 11, 198...
excerpt: "Harry Kraut called No recall of 3PO No recall of Cuba trip details Has sent out copies of the MB-LB correspondence MB never tried to recruit LB into CP."
Edith van Cleve MCA Management to Leonard Bernstein, October 24, 1947
excerpt: "Enclosed are 3 copies of the Letter of Agreement between you and Howard Da Silva for his services in "The Cradle Will Rock.""
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, December 26, 1947
excerpt: "In spite of Glitzsteins blizzard my undying thanks hit it my boy"
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, July 23, 1953
excerpt: "A new method of work (one I've rarely tried before, has me moving on, instead of finishing as I do; this means not only no dynamic-directions, but often only indications of harmony or new tonality."
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 30, 1944
excerpt: "Both you & Jeremiah superbly tailored. Accept my order for repeat"
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard Bernstein, January 25, 1952
excerpt: "[Blitzstein] felt [he] should know more about the festival and your ideas and plans for it...[Olga Koussevitzky] was quite upset about your idea of doing the Schoenberg and Kirchner pieces..." From: C... More
Leonard Bernstein to Marc Blitzstein, March 20, 1955
excerpt: "You're right to be boiling mad, and I would be too; and you're also right in knowing that Regina has never slipped my mind, to put it mildly."
Eric Gordon notes for questions to ask Leonard Bernstein about Marc Bl...
excerpt: "Did Marc have a place in New York he would swim during the winter?...Why did the Washington Opera revised, restored Regina never happen?...Marc and Felicia's relation "
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Shirley Bernstein, 1987
excerpt: "Shirley 15 in 1939. jr in H.S. Knew Cradle, learned it could read music adored MB in London when MB was killed
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Helen Coates, March 27, 1955
excerpt: "Boheme was a bad experience...I have also been having a bad time about Marc's REGINA...Tahitis is off in Florence...I have accepted, at long last, to go to Argentina." From: Correspondence Series
Eric Gordon notes for questions to ask Leonard Bernstein about Marc Bl...
excerpt: "Six Elizabethan Songs dedicated to LB. Why those?...Did Britten know the Airborne, or meet Marc in 1946 at Tanglewood?"
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard Bernstein, April 27, 1951
excerpt: "You will note I am at Jo's. It is a good siege of work; and if it continues at this pace and level, I'll stay. I took time out to read James Jones' "From Here to Eternity" "
Marc Blitzstein to Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, December 1, 1960
excerpt: "I have found me a dream-flat - an eagle's nest just by the Piazza Colonna And, at the moment, wildly happy I went with the Fedele d'Amico to the dress of the Stravinsky concert "
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Shirley Bernstein, 1987
excerpt: "Shirley 15 in 1939. jr in H.S. Knew Cradle, learned it could read music adored MB in London when MB was killed
Shirley Bernstein and Marc Blitzstein at Tanglewood
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Eric Gordon notes from interview with Leonard Bernstein, April 11, 198...
excerpt: "Harry Kraut called No recall of 3PO No recall of Cuba trip details Has sent out copies of the MB-LB correspondence MB never tried to recruit LB into CP."
Eric Gordon notes from phone conversation with Leonard Bernstein, Augu...
excerpt: "Ada Abarbanell just scat Was Abarbanell there? - no recollection...bobabob scat last saw Lina at Martha's Vineyard After Marc's death, LB went into a deep depression "
Eric Gordon notes from interview with Burton Bernstein, December 30, 1...
excerpt: "6 y.o. in 1939 MB-like an 8th grade teacher, This is what you must do. Paradoxical, complex "
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 15, 1...
excerpt: "...I received the wonderful news that you (PLURAL) are pregnant...[John Mehegan] feels the Jazz Symposium is very important...Marc [Blitzstein's] version of the Threepenny Opera...I am amazed that you... More
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 15, 1...
excerpt: "...I received the wonderful news that you (PLURAL) are pregnant...[John Mehegan] feels the Jazz Symposium is very important...Marc [Blitzstein's] version of the Threepenny Opera...I am amazed that you... More
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1938
excerpt: "...be sure to learn a lot about counterpoint first. No one can beat Piston at that...I saw M. Blitzstein...so why not write him directly and say you're the pianist I mentioned..." From: Correspondence Series