I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs

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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.

Date: 1943Composer: Leonard BernsteinText: Leonard Bernstein

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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.

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Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias High Voice

Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein

Song(s): 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

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Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias Medium/Low Voice

Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein

Song(s): 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

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