List of compositions by Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein, ca. 1950s.

This is a list of compositions by the American composer Leonard Bernstein.

Ballet

On the Town (later provided material for "Fancy Free" and "West Side Story") (1941)
Fancy Free (1944)
Facsimile, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra (1946)
Dybbuk (1974)

Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah (1942)
Fancy Free and Three Dance Variations from "Fancy Free" (concert premiere 1946)
Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" (concert premiere 1947)
Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (after W. H. Auden) for Piano and Orchestra (1949, revised in 1965)
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble (1949)
Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion (after Plato's "Symposium") (1954)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (1955)
Overture to "Candide" (1956)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (1961)
Fanfare I, (for the inauguration of J.F. Kennedy) for Orchestra (1961)
Fanfare II, (for the 25th anniversary of the High School of Music and Art) for Orchestra (1961)
Symphony No. 3 Kaddish, for Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Boys' Choir, Speaker and Soprano Solo (1963, revised in 1977)
Dybbuk Suites No. 1 and 2, for Orchestra (concert premieres 1975)
Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra (1977)
Three Meditations from "Mass", for Violoncello and Orchestra (1977)
Slava! A Political Overture, for Orchestra (1977)
CBS Music, for Orchestra (1977)
Divertimento for Orchestra (1980)
Halil, nocturne for Solo Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Percussion, Harp and Strings (1981)
Concerto for Orchestra (Originally Jubilee Games from 1986, revised in 1989)

Hashkiveinu, for Cantor (tenor), Mixed Chorus and Organ (1945)
Simhu Na, arrangement of a traditional Hebrew song for Mixed Chorus and Piano or Orchestra (1947)
Re'ena, arrangement of a traditional Hebrew song for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1947)
Yigdal, Hebrew liturgical melody for Mixed Chorus and piano (1950)
Harvard Choruses, for Mixed Chorus (1957)
Warm-Up, round for Mixed Chorus (1970)
A Little Norton Lecture, (after E. E. Cummings) for Men's Chorus (1973)
White House Cantata, for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1976)
Olympic Hymn, for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1981)
Missa Brevis, for Mixed Chorus and Countertenor Solo, with Percussion (1988)
Chichester Psalms, for Boy Soprano (or Countertenor), Mixed Chorus, and Orchestra (Reduced version for Organ, Harp and Percussion) (1965)

Piano Trio (1937), Boosey & Hawkes
Violin Sonata (1939)
Four Studies for two Clarinets, two Bassoons and Piano (1940)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1942)
Fanfare for Bima, for Brass Quartet (composed as a birthday tribute to Koussevitzky using the tune he whistled to call his cocker spaniel)^[1] (1948)
Elegy for Mippy I, for Horn and Piano (1948)
Elegy for Mippy II, for Trombone Solo (1948)
Waltz for Mippy III, for Tuba and Piano (1948)
Rondo for Lifey, for Trumpet and Piano (1948)
Brass Music, for various brass instruments and Piano (1959)
Shivaree: A Fanfare, for Double Brass Ensemble and Percussion (commissioned by and dedicated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in honor of its Centenary; musical material later used in "Mass.") (1969)
Dance Suite, for Brass Quintet (1988)
Variations on an Octatonic Scale, for Recorder and Violoncello (1989)

Psalm 148, for Voice and Piano (1935)
I Hate Music: A cycle of Five Kids Songs for Soprano and Piano
Big Stuff, sung by Billie Holiday (1944)
Afterthought, study for the ballet "Facsimile" for Soprano and Piano or Orchestra
La Bonne Cuisine: Four Recipes for Voice and Piano (1948)
Two Love Songs on Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke for Voice and Piano (1949)
- Extinguish My Eyes
- love in disguise
- When My Soul Touches Yours
Silhouette (Galilee), for Voice and Piano (1951)
The Story of My Life, for Voice and Orchestra (orchestrated by Glen Daum) (1952)
On the Waterfront, for Voice and Piano (1954)
Get Hep!, Marching Song written for the Tercentary of Michigan State College for Voice and Piano (1955)
So Pretty, for Voice and Piano
Haiku Souvenirs, five songs for voice and piano
My New Friend, for Voice and Piano (1979)
Opening Prayer, for Baritone and Orchestra (written for the reopening of Carnegie Hall) (86)
Piccola Serenata, for Voice and Piano (18)
Arias and Barcarolles, for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Piano four-hands (19)
My Twelve Tone Melody, for Voice and Piano (written for Irving Berlin's 100th birthday) (19)

Music for Two Pianos (1937)
Non Troppo Presto (Music for the Dance No. I) (1937)
Sonata for the Piano (1938)
Music for the Dance No. II (1938)
Scenes from the City of Sin, eight miniatures for Piano four-hands (1939)
Arrangement of Aaron Copland's El Salón México for piano or two pianos (1941)
7 Anniversaries (1944)
4 Anniversaries (1948)
Four Sabras (c. 1950s)
5 Anniversaries (1952)
Bridal Suite (1960)
Moby Diptych (1981) (republished as Anniversaries nos. 1 and 2 in Thirteen Anniversaries)
Touches (1981)
13 Anniversaries (1988)

Babel: a holocaust opera
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Songs after Bertold Brecht
The Skin of Our Teeth (1964): an aborted work from which Bernstein took material to use in his "Chichester Psalms"
Alarums and Flourishes (1980): an aborted work from which Bernstein took material to use in "A Quiet Place"
Tucker: an aborted concept for a musical version of the 1988 film "Tucker: The Man and His Dream"

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