Leonard Bernstein Collection, 1900-1990 Span: 1900-1991 Bulk: 1930-1990 English, Hebrew, French, German collection 400 ft. 386 boxes The Leonard Bernstein Collection is as exceptional a collection as its namesake would suggest. Bernstein, arguably the most prominent figure in American music in the 20th century, made his impact as a conductor, composer of theater and classical music, and as an educator through his books, conducting students at Tanglewood, and, especially, his various televised lecture series that helped define the potentials of that medium. The collection is as close to comprehensive of the various aspects of his life and career as would be reasonably possible. Photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, writings, personal business papers, the extensive archives for his corporate identity, Amberson Inc., and music manuscripts. Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS). Recordings may be found in Sonic by searching the Collection name: "Leonard Bernstein Audio Materials." MUSIC-1011 (West Side Story music holographs, ML96.B), MUSIC-1811 (Symposium After Plato, ML30.3C.B44, Koussevitzky commission), MUSIC-1904 (ML96.B, various Bernstein music holographs, 2 reels), Microfilm 99/2002 (scrapbooks) Leonard Bernstein Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Bernstein, Leonard Papers of the prominent conductor, composer, author, and teacher. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Composers Conductors (Music) Pianists Bernstein, Leonard Barrett, Michael Bernstein, Felicia Blitzstein, Marc Boulanger, Nadia Bowles, Paul Coates, Helen Comden, Betty Copland, Aaron Fine, Irving Foss, Lukas Gellhorn, Martha Gottlieb, Jack Green, Adolph Hellman, Lillian Kollek, Teddy Koussevitzky, Serge Kraut, Harry Lerner, Alan Jay Longy, Renée Mauceri, John Milhaud, Darius Mitropoulos, Dimitri Ormandy, Eugene Pasternak, Boris Piston, Walter Prawy, Marcel Riegger, Wallingford Robbins, Jerome Rostropovich, Mistislav Schuman, William Smit, Leo Sondheim, Stephen Stern, Isaac Tourel, Jennie Wadsworth (Zinsser), Stephen Zeffirelli, Franco Zirato, Bruno Carter, Elliott ML31.B49 Performing Arts Encyclopedia West Side Story: Birth of A Classic Online Exhibition http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/westsidestory/ web site scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lbhtml/lbhome.html http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu998001 IHAS 110125 loc.natlib.scdb.200033659