1943
I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs
Composed by
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein Text by
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein Song Collection
I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs is dedicated to Edys Merril, a friend of Bernstein's, as well as an artist and his flatmate in the 1940s. Apparently, when fed up with hearing Bernstein constantly coaching singers and playing piano, she often uttered the title phrase.
About
Bernstein states at the beginning of the song cycle:
In the performance of these songs, coyness is to be assiduously avoided. The natural, unforced sweetness of child expressions can never be successfully gilded; rather will it come through the music in proportion to the dignity and sophisticated understanding of the singer.
Songs
My Name is Barbara1943 · I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid SongsLeonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinJupiter Has Seven Moons1943 · I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid SongsLeonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinI Hate Music!1943 · I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid SongsLeonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinA Big Indian and A Little Indian1943 · I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid SongsLeonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinI’m a Person Too1943 · I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid SongsLeonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein
Sheet Music
Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias High Voice
Leonard Bernstein
1. My Name is Barbara
2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
3. I Hate Music!
4. A Big Indian and A Little Indian
5. I'm a Person Too
2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
3. I Hate Music!
4. A Big Indian and A Little Indian
5. I'm a Person Too
Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias Medium/Low Voice
Leonard Bernstein
1. My Name is Barbara
2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
3. I Hate Music!
4. A Big Indian and A Little Indian
5. I'm a Person Too
2. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
3. I Hate Music!
4. A Big Indian and A Little Indian
5. I'm a Person Too