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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. (Music Division)

Bernstein at rehearsal for West Side Story. Carol Lawrence (who played...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
Jerome Robbins to Leonard Bernstein, October 13, 1958

Jerome Robbins to Leonard Bernstein, October 13, 1958

excerpt: "Tomorrow starts rehearsals of 'West Side Story'. You've got to come in and take them musically over their material"

Nadia Boulanger to Leonard Bernstein, May 5, 1961

Nadia Boulanger to Leonard Bernstein, May 5, 1961

excerpt: "Just receive[d] the score of West Side Story "at the request of the composer". Well - it sounds rather miraculous as I had just ordered it! Too beautiful - not to be true!" [Remainder in French]

West side story : Somewhere, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Rumble, Leonard Bernstein collection
Walter Hussey to Leonard Bernstein, August 14, 1964

Walter Hussey to Leonard Bernstein, August 14, 1964

excerpt: "We are all tremendously looking forward to the setting of the second Psalm which you kindly said you would write for us for our three Choirs Festival next year I think many of us would be very delight... More

West side story : Maria, Leonard Bernstein collection
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West side story : Tonight, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Somewhere, Leonard Bernstein collection
"West side story : One hand, one heart"
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 15, 1957

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 15, 1957

excerpt: "This show [West Side Story] may yet be worth all the agony." From: Correspondence Series

Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, July 25, 1957

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

Walter Hussey to Leonard Bernstein, June 15, 1970

Walter Hussey to Leonard Bernstein, June 15, 1970

excerpt: "Did I tell you about a big sale which we are having in October at Goodwood House?...wonder whether you could possibly let us have an autographed vocal score for the occasion, say, of the Chichester Ps... More

West side story : I feel pretty

West side story : I feel pretty

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West side story : A boy like thatThere stands your love
"West side story : Gee, officer Krupke!"
West side story : Prologue, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : A boy like thatThere stands your love
West side story : Prologue, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Rumble, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Prologue, Leonard Bernstein collection
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 3, 1957

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 3, 1957

excerpt: "I signed the Philharmonic contract...We ran through [West Side Story] for the first time, & the problems are many, varied, overwhelming; but we've got a show there, & just possibly a great one." From:... More

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, July 28, 1957

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

West side story : Prologue, Leonard Bernstein collection
Lukas Foss to Leonard Bernstein, n.d

Lukas Foss to Leonard Bernstein, n.d

excerpt: "West Side Story score arrived and I am having a great time with it I am proud to do it "

correspondence with a student in Holland re a leitmotif in West Side Story, 1969 Feb. 3
Burton Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 1957

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

West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West side story : A boy like thatThere stands your love
West side story : Somewhere, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West side story : Opening (vocal prologue)
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Felicia Bernstein, August 23, 1957

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

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

correspondence with a student in Holland re a leitmotif in West Side Story, 1969 Feb. 3
West side story : Cool, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Maria, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Cool, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : I feel pretty

West side story : I feel pretty

mferd16e78136 (EADID)

West side story : Somewhere, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : I feel pretty

West side story : I feel pretty

mferd16e78136 (EADID)

West side story : Somewhere, Leonard Bernstein collection
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West side story : Opening (vocal prologue)
West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
Letter from Felicia Bernstein to Helen Coates, July 25, 1957

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

Lukas Foss to Leonard Bernstein, n.d

Lukas Foss to Leonard Bernstein, n.d

excerpt: "West Side Story score arrived and I am having a great time with it I am proud to do it "

West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

West side story : Tonight, Leonard Bernstein collection
letter to Brooks Atkinson re article in New York Times about LB and West Side Story, 1960 May 18
"West side story : One hand, one heart"
West side story : Prologue, Leonard Bernstein collection
West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West side story : Somewhere, Leonard Bernstein collection
West side story : Opening (vocal prologue)
Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescript with emendations in pencil

Young People's Concerts Scripts: What is a Melody? (revised) typescrip...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

West Side Story notes re auditions, casting, and orchestra, 1957 May
West Side Story scene and musical sequence outlines, draft scripts, song lists, lyrics,, 1955
West side story : Dance at the gym

West side story : Dance at the gym

Title page: Crystal cave Includes: Mambo ; Rocky ; Cubano ; Jump ; Mambo/Atom bomb ; Promenade ; Huapango ; Inserts: Prologue and Rumble mferd16e78036 (EADID)

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