Thirteen Anniversaries

Bernstein wrote this set after similar collections, Seven Anniversaries (1943), Four Anniversaries (1948) and Five Anniversaries (1949–1951). 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]

The titles, referencing the persons, are:^[1]

1. For Shirley Gabis Rhoades Perle
2. In Memoriam: William Kapell (an American pianist who died young in a plane crash).
3. For Stephen Sondheim
4. For Craig Urquhart
5. For Leo Smit (an American composer)
6. For My Daughter, Nina
7. In Memoriam: Helen Coates (one of Bernstein's most esteemed teachers)
8. In Memoriam: Goddard Lieberson (former executive of Columbia Records)
9. For Jessica Fleishmann
10. In Memoriam: Constance Hope
11. For Felicia, on our 28th Birthday (and her 52nd)
12. For Aaron Stern
13. In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz

• Horowitz, Mark Eden. Leonard Bernstein Collection. Library of Congress. 11 February 2008.
• Truesdell, F. Donald. “The Complete Works for Solo Piano by Leonard Bernstein.” American Music, vol. 4, no. 1 (British-American Musical Interactions, Spring, 1986). pp. 120–21.