List of compositions by Leonard Bernstein
This is a list of compositions by the American composer Leonard Bernstein.
Ballet
- Fancy Free
- Facsimile, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra
- ''Dybbuk''
Opera
Musicals
- On the Town
- Peter Pan
- Wonderful Town
- West Side Story
- A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- The Race to Urga
- "By Bernstein"
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- ''The Madwoman of Central Park West''
Incidental music and other theatre
- The Birds
- The Peace The Lark
- Salome, for Chamber Orchestra and Solo VoicesThe Firstborn, for Voice and Percussion
- ''MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers''
Film scores
On the Town On the Waterfront- ''West Side Story''
Orchestral
- Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah
- Suite from Fancy Free
- Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town"
- Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety for Piano and Orchestra
- Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble
- Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"
- Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
- Overture to Candide
- Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
- Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy, for Orchestra
- Fanfare II, for Orchestra
- Symphony No. 3 Kaddish, for Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Boys' Choir, Speaker and Soprano Solo
- Three Meditations from "Mass", for Orchestra
- Dybbuk, Suites No. 1 and 2, for Orchestra
- Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra
- Three Meditations from "Mass", for Violoncello and Orchestra
- Slava! A Political Overture, for Orchestra
- CBS Music, for Orchestra
- Divertimento for Orchestra
- A Musical Toast, for Orchestra
- Halil, nocturne for Solo Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Percussion, Harp and Strings
- Opening Prayer
Choral
- Hashkivenu, for Cantor, Mixed Chorus and Organ
- Simchu Na, arrangement of a traditional Hebrew song for Mixed Chorus and Piano or Orchestra
- Reena, arrangement of a traditional Hebrew song for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
- Yigdal, Hebrew liturgical melody for Mixed Chorus and piano
- Harvard Choruses, for Mixed Chorus
- Chichester Psalms, for Boy Soprano, Mixed Chorus, and Orchestra
- Warm-Up, round for Mixed Chorus
- A Little Norton Lecture, for Men's Chorus
- White House Cantata, for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra. See 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical).
- Olympic Hymn, for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
- Missa Brevis, for Mixed Chorus and Countertenor Solo, with Percussion
Chamber music
Music for String Quartet- Piano Trio
- Violin Sonata
- Four Studies for two Clarinets, two Bassoons and Piano
- Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
- Fanfare for Bima, for Brass Quartet
- Elegy for Mippy I, for Horn and Piano
- Elegy for Mippy II, for Trombone Solo
- Waltz for Mippy III, for Tuba and Piano
- Rondo for Lifey, for Trumpet and Piano
- Shivaree: A Fanfare, for Double Brass Ensemble and Percussion
- Canon for Aaron for Violin and Piano; Composed for Aaron Copland’s 70th birthday celebrations
- Dance Suite, for Brass Quintet
- Variations on an Octatonic Scale, for Recorder and Violoncello
Vocal music
- Psalm 148, for voice and piano
- I Hate Music: A cycle of Five Kid Songs for Soprano and Piano
- Big Stuff, sung by Billie Holiday
- Afterthought, study for the ballet "Facsimile" for Soprano and Piano or Orchestra
- La Bonne Cuisine: Four Recipes for Voice and Piano
- Two Love Songs on Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke for Voice and Piano
- Silhouette , for Voice and Piano
- On the Waterfront, for Voice and Piano
- Get Hep!, Marching Song written for the Tercentary of Michigan State College for Voice and Piano
- So Pretty, for Voice and Piano
- Haiku Souvenirs, five songs for voice and piano
- Vayomer Elohim, for Voice and Piano
- My New Friends, for Voice and Piano
- Piccola Serenata, for Voice and Piano
- Opening Prayer, for Baritone and Orchestra
- Arias and Barcarolles, for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Piano four-hands
- My Twelve Tone Melody, for Voice and Piano
Piano music
- Music for Two Pianos
- Non troppo presto (Music for the Dance No. I) Sonata for the Piano
- Music for the Dance No. II
- Scenes from the City of Sin, eight miniatures for Piano four-hands
- Arrangement of Aaron Copland's El Salón México for piano or two pianos
- Seven Anniversaries
- Four Anniversaries
- Four Sabras
- Five Anniversaries
- Bridal Suite
- Moby Diptych
- Touches
- ''Thirteen Anniversaries''
Other music
- Babel: a holocaust opera
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Songs after Bertold Brecht
- The Skin of Our Teeth : an aborted work from which Bernstein took material to use in his "Chichester Psalms"
- Alarums and Flourishes : 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"''