Thirteen Anniversaries

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Thirteen Anniversaries
Piano music by Leonard Bernstein
The composer
RelatedNo. 12 basis for Opening Prayer
Published1988 (1988)
Movements13

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

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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

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The titles, referencing the persons, are:[1]

  1. For Shirley Gabis Rhoades Perle
  2. In Memoriam: William Kapell (an American pianist who died young in a plane crash).
  3. For Stephen Sondheim
  4. For Craig Urquhart
  5. For Leo Smit (an American composer)
  6. For My Daughter, Nina
  7. In Memoriam: Helen Coates (one of Bernstein's most esteemed teachers)
  8. In Memoriam: Goddard Lieberson (former executive of Columbia Records)
  9. For Jessica Fleishmann
  10. In Memoriam: Constance Hope
  11. For Felicia, on our 28th Birthday (and her 52nd)
  12. For Aaron Stern
  13. In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz

References

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  1. ^ a b Stevenson, Joseph. "Leonard Bernstein / Anniversaries (13), for piano". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Einzigartig: Die kompletten Klavierwerke von Leonard Bernstein". TIP Magazin, January 1998

Sources

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  • 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.