Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, November 20, ...
excerpt: [Brandeis festival] From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, August 13, 1967
excerpt: "Lenny seems very relaxed though both of us have sleeping trouble...I try to paint (not very well) and otherwise I've taken to drink." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, October 26, 1...
excerpt: "The MCA contract business is being ironed out...I'm glad you have made your decision about taking your leave from Tanglewood next summer." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, September 15,...
excerpt: "Welcome home..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, December 26, 1969
excerpt: "...it was a sweet, warm, old-fashioned Christmas." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, May 27, 1955
excerpt: "...it was a job and a half teaching them the Serenade and the Berlioz..." From: Correspondence Series
David Diamond to Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, September 7, 1976
excerpt: "I'm almost certain that this year it will be twenty-five years since you married. In our civilization and society, that is an anniversary, and one to be celebrated."
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, March 2, 1955
excerpt: "...we drove to Florence, stayed at David's..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 8, 19...
excerpt: "Merce [Cuningham] has called me to tell me about his visit to Brandeis last Friday." From: Correspondence Series
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 "
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, March 9, 1955
excerpt: "Felicia will have arrived when this letter reaches you..." From: Correspondence Series
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein to Stephen Sondheim, March 22, 1967
excerpt: " when you come to see us in Italy you won't be a sheer disgrace. We love you!"
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, September 9, 1968
excerpt: "It comes with my seventeen-year old love and gratitude..." From: Correspondence Series
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein to David Diamond, n.d
The David Diamond Collection
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "I feel as if I couldn't bear your being away a day longer How I got the Cadillac is very involved Jamie has launched into the tantrum stage "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Saw Tahiti night before last, not a chance to write ere this My main reaction was to fall in love all over again I know the opera so well I feel I can talk about it with a certain authority "
Burton Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, July 30, 1957
excerpt: "Not much has changed since you've heard from me I go on vacation next week Lennuhhtt is overworked and complains of your absence constantly "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "First day home stayed in bed most of the time I was given a royal send-off at my last performance Guess who appeared at the performance Monday night? Baudumu with Ted ."
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein to Verna Fine, November 8, 1967
The Irving Fine Collection
Felicia Bernstein to David Diamond, April 1955
The David Diamond Collection
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Such bliss, such joy, such a letter!! All those beautiful sweet wonderful things are mine, I was overcome I burst into tears laughing at myself cause I had Helen in love with you, all over again!!"
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: " though you are a pain in the neck and can drive me crazy I cannot seem to live without you I can't wait to get home to you and the children Happy Birthday!"
Portrait of Felicia Bernstein, signed
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Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "You are my favorite composer Your wife must be a lucky woman indeed even if life with you is supposed to be so difficult - she's an ass to leave you for so much as a day Don't give up the ship Lennuht... More
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "I feel as if I couldn't bear your being away a day longer How I got the Cadillac is very involved Jamie has launched into the tantrum stage "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, February 7
excerpt: "I love you in spite of the fact that you seem to be following the Greek Calendar That angel of a Jamie pranced into my room singing Happy Birthday Please rest a lot, don't overeat "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Bless you for your wonderful letters - I love them more than all the emeralds of the Ponte Vecchio put together There seems to be no "last straw," as far as Charlie Roth is concerned "My mother arrive... More
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, June 24includes April 1992 cor...
excerpt: " you've been so very much in my mind this last week - death is a hard reality to come up against and I know how much Kouss meant to you "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "I feel as if I couldn't bear your being away a day longer How I got the Cadillac is very involved Jamie has launched into the tantrum stage "
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, November 27, 1951
excerpt: "Enclosed at last is the power of attorney you asked for..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, October 23, 1...
excerpt: "Eleazer wrote with great enthusiasm about your visit and your concerts, and said you had the biggest success had there since Kouss' visit...I doubted whether you would be interested in SARATOGA TRUNK,... More
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, November 28, ...
excerpt: "[Abbe's] idea for you to donate one of your manuscripts to the Library of Congress is an interesting one...If you're going to do this opera [BOY DAVID] I hope that all of the negotiations can be compl... More
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 5, 19...
excerpt: "[Brandeis is] very eager, as you see, to have the world premiere of your opera..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 21, 1...
excerpt: "[John Mehegan] says that bop is not representative of the whole field of jazz...Olga is apprehensive about the Berkshire Music Center...I got your letter of agreement (your contract) with Brandeis thi... More
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, July 25, 1957
excerpt: "Have you been to rehearsals [for West Side Story] or is it still not allowed? I'm just dying to hear how it's going--it is really frustrating to be so far from it!...I miss Lenny more than I can say.... 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 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 Felicia Bernstein, March 31, 1955
excerpt: "...a cable came yesterday from Santiago, asking if [Lenny] could conduct four concerts in Santiago..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, December 1958
excerpt: "And this one for your heart" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, August 30, 1954
excerpt: "It's such a comfort to know you're there and in charge--" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, April 13, 196...
excerpt: "Have moved to Savoy all is well..." From: Correspondence Series
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, David Diamond, Pisa, Italy, March 1954
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Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, February 25
excerpt: "Marc just called to tell me there was a bit in the "News" about "W. Town" being a smash - what a delight!...Leaving Jamie is going to be hard, she is such a dream girl..."
Felicia Bernstein to Verna Fine, n.d
The Irving Fine Collection
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "It was so good to hear your voice - how maddening that the mail is so damn slow - wrote you almost a week ago!...I can well understand your trip to Israel but find it a great pity that it shortens you... More
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, January 22, 1947
excerpt: "...your friendship means so much to me...there will probably be very hard times ahead I know that, but good times too, please help us have them -- if you can." From: Correspondence Series
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 3
excerpt: "We all miss you - Nina's birthday was a smash [Mendy?]'s play is a flop- Phyllis was charming in her play John Kennedy was not invited."
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein at Leaning Tower of Pisa, March 1954
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Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Marvelous home-coming - Jamie all delicious, affectionate unbelievable - and so beautiful! She is so grown up the trip to Paris was the usual typical nightmare "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Samarkand opened last night; pleasant to very bad reviews That Jamie! She ran into Jill in the lobby I sort of expected the black fairy would show up "
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, December 13, ...
excerpt: "...about Brandeis, I finally saw Merce Cunningham yesterday...I received a call from Peter Adler at NBC the other day. He would like to know whether you would consider letting them produce your opera... More
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, February 25
excerpt: "Marc just called to tell me there was a bit in the "News" about "W. Town" being a smash - what a delight!...Leaving Jamie is going to be hard, she is such a dream girl..."
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "First day home stayed in bed most of the time I was given a royal send-off at my last performance Guess who appeared at the performance Monday night? Baudumu with Ted ."
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Such bliss, such joy, such a letter!! All those beautiful sweet wonderful things are mine, I was overcome I burst into tears laughing at myself cause I had Helen in love with you, all over again!!"
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d. With addition by Burton B...
excerpt: "What a crazy sweet wonderful thing to do! I've never had an overseas call before - - - I'm overwhelmed! Where do you get so diseased in Europe? Do you suppose it's the water?...How awful about poor Callas "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Saw Tahiti night before last, not a chance to write ere this My main reaction was to fall in love all over again I know the opera so well I feel I can talk about it with a certain authority "
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: " though you are a pain in the neck and can drive me crazy I cannot seem to live without you I can't wait to get home to you and the children Happy Birthday!"
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, October 30, 1...
excerpt: "I'm sure you have heard by now ot the tragic death of Willy Kapell...The latest word from the French people about THE BOY DAVID is that an opera was written on this play by Albert Coates some years ag... More
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, October 27, 1957
excerpt: "We're not sure what our plans are. The idea of a rest for Lenny I've had all along. We'll see. We are so dying to get home to the children that it makes it very hard to decide." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, November 27, 1953
excerpt: "...the idea of seeing him conduct opera at the Scala is exciting to say the least...What a difficult decision it has been not to see Jamie for another month when I long for her so!" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, November 27, 1953
excerpt: "...the idea of seeing him conduct opera at the Scala is exciting to say the least...What a difficult decision it has been not to see Jamie for another month when I long for her so!" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, June 3, 1958
excerpt: "...we are truly homesick and Lenny needs a rest so badly!...We are not going to Sao Paolo--Mitrpoulos will take over so we go straight back to B.A. on Saturday and then rejoin the orchestra in Rio." F... More
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, January 5, 19...
excerpt: "[Brandeis is] very eager, as you see, to have the world premiere of your opera..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, July 28, 1957
excerpt: "...people will be looking at West Side Story in public, & hearing my poor little mashed-up score. All the things I love most in it are slowly being dropped..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, November 16, ...
excerpt: "Bornoff's feelings are that it it is too late now to organize a Kouss. festival in Paris for the coming spring..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 23, 1957
excerpt: "But it [West Side Story] sure looks like a smash, & all our experiments seem to have worked." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, August 27, 1957
excerpt: "Bless you for sending me the Washington reviews [of West Side Story]--I'm still groggy from the impact! Overwhelmingly wonderful--I can only imagine how blissfully happy Lenny must be, bless his hear... 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
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, February 4, 1955
excerpt: "I've gotten all steamed up about Somnambula, as with Medea--getting wild ideas for cutting & staging and tempi...Callas is greater than ever." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Felicia Bernstein, November 20, 1953
excerpt: "I've always felt [Lenny] had a special talent for opera...I believe he will be the first American conductor to conduct opera at La Scala." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Felicia Bernstein, November 20, 1953
excerpt: "I've always felt [Lenny] had a special talent for opera...I believe he will be the first American conductor to conduct opera at La Scala." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Helen Coates to Leonard & Felicia Bernstein, November 18, ...
excerpt: "First, I finally reached Martha Graham..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, September 15,...
excerpt: "Welcome home..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, May 6, 1958
excerpt: "It seems all wrong for you not to be on this trip..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein & Children to Helen Coates, Ju...
excerpt: "Something for the new abode--much love and Happy Birthday!" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, April 25, 1958
excerpt: "Cant stop thinking talking of last nights wonder. Every note and word in mind." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, December 14, 1951
excerpt: "...Merry Xmas." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, February 6, 1968
excerpt: "I hear we were very well received--" From: Correspondence Series
William Howard Schuman to Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, October 17, 1...
excerpt: "Wonderful news about Jamie Ann Maria "
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, April 3, 1955
excerpt: "Off to Capri--what can we say of Pompei? Too wonderful." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard & Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, November 2, 1...
excerpt: "Please relay following Darling Annalou we are speechless with grief be brave" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, February 6, 1972
excerpt: "Fifty is nothing but twice twenty-five..." From: Correspondence Series
Lukas Foss to Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, December 22, 1960
excerpt: "...wants you to have this little illegal Christmas gift. "Illegal" because it is poor & unauthorized advance copy of 3 out of 7 pieces which will be brought out by RCA sometime when they get around to it "
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, n.d.
excerpt: "Now two days here (Mozart Concerto, Prokofieff Fifth) then on to Florence..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, April 1969
excerpt: "It's been absolute heaven--quiet, restful and everyone so dear!..." From: Correspondence Series
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "I'm in the middle of rehearsals - I'll try my best to talk to you between cues - My God, what a life!...I was so happy to receive your "note" - I was just a little hurt at your not saying goodbye Are ... More
Burton Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 1957
excerpt: " do what Lennuhtt says and come home "West Side Story" is going to be a large hit
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, March 3
excerpt: "We all miss you - Nina's birthday was a smash [Mendy?]'s play is a flop- Phyllis was charming in her play John Kennedy was not invited."
Felicia Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, n.d
excerpt: "Naturally your letter arrived just after my cable - such a delicious newsy letter Rome sounds like a perfect dream My mother called from Chile to announce she's coming next month "
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein, David Diamond, Pisa, Italy, March 1954
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