Thirteen Anniversaries
Collection of piano pieces by Leonard Bernstein
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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.
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| Thirteen Anniversaries | |
|---|---|
| Piano music by Leonard Bernstein | |
The composer | |
| Related | No. 12 basis for Opening Prayer |
| Published | 1988 |
| Movements | 13 |
Background
Bernstein wrote this set after similar collections, Seven Anniversaries (1943), Four Anniversaries (1948) and Five Anniversaries (1949â1951). 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
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