Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Overview

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Leonard Bernstein is an American composer who also appears (sometimes simultaneously) as pianist and conductor; pupil of Piston and others; conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 1958. Works include symphonies, opera, musicals, songs, chamber music, church music.
Of ragtime interest is his humorous The Wrong Note Rag (1953) published by Rice Music Co, New York, USA.

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Midi File(s) from various sources
	New York, New York (1945)		James Pitt-Payne
	Ohio (1953)		James Pitt-Payne
	Wrong Note Rag, The (1953)		Unknown

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Leonard Bernstein	Paul Myers
	Leonard Bernstein: In Love With Music	Caroline Evensen Lazo
	The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard	Leonard Bernstein
	Westside Story Vocal Score	Leonard Bernstein

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Isham Jones	Song of the Blues 1923-1932
	Recorder Music CDs:
	John Turner	Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: Music for Recorder
	American Recorder Orchestra of the West	Fancy Free
	Brass Music CDs:
	Harmonic Brass Munich	Harmonic Brass 2000
	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Jo Ann Castle	Honky Tonk: Dixieland Favorites

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


New York, New York (1945)	L. Bernstein (music) Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Ohio (1953)	L. Bernstein (music) Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Wrong Note Rag, The (1953)	L. Bernstein (music) Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 13 works by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Can Cook Too	1944
Lucky to Be Me	1945	Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words)
New York, New York	1945	Betty Cornden (words) Adolph Green (words)
Some Other Time	1945	Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words)	Pub.
It's Love	1953	Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words)
Ohio	1953
Wrong Note Rag, The	1953	Betty Comden (words) Adolph Green (words) Jacquelyn McKeever (perf.) Rosalind Russell (perf.)	Pub.
What's the Use	1955
One Hand, One Heart	1956	Stephen Sondheim (words)
America	1957	Stephen Sondheim (words)
I Feel Pretty (w&m)	1957	Stephen Sondheim (words)
⇑ Maria	1957	Stephen Sondheim (words)
West Side Story	1958		Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	L. Bernstein	The Wrong Note Rag (3:00)	San Francisco School Of The Arts
	L. Bernstein	Wonderful Town Wrong Note Rag (2:44)	Rosalind Russell, Jacquelyn McKeever