Manuscript of Bernstein’s transcription for piano, signed (“Bernstein”) and notated in blue-black ink on up to six systems per page. A working manuscript with deletions, including a passage of three bars, corrections and alterations, additional music by Bernstein in crayon, pedal markings and annotations (“observe the detached character of the melody!”), and further markings in pencil, some in another hand. Includes caricatures of Aaron Copland by Leonard Bernstein at bottom of first page in brown ink and one in pencil.

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