Research Catalog

Title

Dybbuk [sound recording] : Leonard Bernstein plays excerpts from his score.

Author

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

Publication

[1973?]

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Details

Additional Authors

Robbins, Jerome

Description

7 sound discs (ca. 203 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Discs 1-3. Leonard Bernstein plays excerpts from his score for Jerome Robbins' ballet, Dybbuk (1974), on the piano. The recordings consists mainly of music. Bernstein gives spoken introductions to some excerpts, explaining which segment of the ballet they pertain to, technical details about the composition and differences between versions. Many excerpts are played multiple times. Bernstein sings vocal parts of the score and provides percussion. These tapes were made for Jerome Robbins. Robbins may have been present at some of the recording sessions.
• Disc 4. Track 1 (ca. 12 min.) Excerpts from the score for Dybbuk, orchestrated, with vocals performed by two male singers. Track 2 (ca. 6 min.) Jerome Robbins provides a spoken introduction to an excerpt from the Dybbuk score played by pianist Gordon Boelzner, recorded for Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein provides a spoken response, discussing the structure of the ballet, and plays the same excerpt on the piano.
• Discs 5-7. Leonard Bernstein plays excerpts from his score for Dybbuk on the piano, with two male singers performing vocal portions of the score. [Relevant content on disc 7 ends ca. 21 min. The remainder of the disc contains unidentified orchestral music. Presumably the tape was reused to record excerpts from Dybbuk.]

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Subjects

• Robbins, Jerome > Dybbuk
• Ballets > Excerpts, Arranged
• Audiotapes > Robbins, J

Note

• Dates of recording unidentified, probably ca. 1973.
• Sound quality is poor on parts of discs 2 and 6.
• Handwritten on containers. [Cassette 1]: 1st sketches, lullaby, possession; [cassette 2]: pas de deux, coda, kaddish; [cassette 3]: trance dance, D[avid] & J[onathan], Leah's dance, dream, alchemy; [cassette 4]: possession, demon, var. Y, finale; [cassette 5]: trance, D.-J., kaddish; [cassette 6]: alchemy, Leah, 5 dance, last dance; [cassette 7]: dream, demon, celeb [i.e. celebration], kad [i.e. kaddish], exor [i.e. exorcism].

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

• The ballet Dybbuk, later known as The Dybbuk variations, premiered on May 16, 1974.

Contents

Disc 1 (ca. 31 min.) -- Disc 2 (ca. 30 min.) -- Disc 3 (ca. 35 min.) -- Disc 4 (ca. 18 min.) -- Disc 5 (ca. 19 min.) -- Disc 6 (ca. 38 min.) -- Disc 7 (ca. 37 min.)

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3303 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-R181

Author

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Composer

Title

Dybbuk [sound recording] : Leonard Bernstein plays excerpts from his score.

Imprint

[1973?]

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

Permission required.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

The ballet Dybbuk, later known as The Dybbuk variations, premiered on May 16, 1974.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3303 JRC nos. 1-7

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-3303 JRC nos. 1-7

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3303 JRC nos. 1-7

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Added Author

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Instrumentalist

Robbins, Jerome. Associated name

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3303 JRC