I Hate Music!

"I Hate Music!" is the third song in Bernstein's cycle I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs.

Date: 1943Composer: Leonard BernsteinText: Leonard BernsteinSong Collection: I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs

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I Hate Music!
by Leonard Bernstein

I hate music! But I like to sing: la dee da da dee; la dee da dee. But that’s not music, not what I call music. No, sir. Music is a lot of men in a lot of tails, making lots of noise like a lot of females; Music is a lot of folks in a big dark hall, where they really don’t want to be at all; with a lot of chairs and a lot of airs, and a lot of furs and diamonds! Music is silly! I hate music! But I like to sing: la dee da da dee: la dee da dee: la dee da dee.

Sheet Music

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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