Thirteen Anniversaries
Thirteen Anniversaries | |
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Piano music by Leonard Bernstein | |
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Related | No. 12 basis for Opening Prayer |
Published | 1988 |
Movements | 13 |
Thirteen Anniversaries is a composition for solo piano by Leonard Bernstein, published in 1988, commemorating 13 people who played an important role in his life.
Background
[edit]Bernstein wrote this set after similar collections, Seven Anniversaries (1943), Four Anniversaries (1948) and Five Anniversaries (1949–1951). Each movement celebrates a person. Some movements are dedicated to a person close to the one commemorated.[1] The work was given its first performance by Alexander Frey in Berlin in 1998.[2]
Movements
[edit]The titles, referencing the persons, are:[1]
- For Shirley Gabis Rhoades Perle
- In Memoriam: William Kapell (an American pianist who died young in a plane crash).
- For Stephen Sondheim
- For Craig Urquhart
- For Leo Smit (an American composer)
- For My Daughter, Nina
- In Memoriam: Helen Coates (one of Bernstein's most esteemed teachers)
- In Memoriam: Goddard Lieberson (former executive of Columbia Records)
- For Jessica Fleishmann
- In Memoriam: Constance Hope
- For Felicia, on our 28th Birthday (and her 52nd)
- For Aaron Stern
- In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stevenson, Joseph. "Leonard Bernstein / Anniversaries (13), for piano". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Einzigartig: Die kompletten Klavierwerke von Leonard Bernstein". TIP Magazin, January 1998
Sources
[edit]- Horowitz, Mark Eden. Leonard Bernstein Collection. Library of Congress. 11 February 2008.
- Truesdell, F. Donald. “The Complete Works for Solo Piano by Leonard Bernstein.” American Music, vol. 4, no. 1 (British-American Musical Interactions, Spring, 1986). pp. 120–21.