I Hate Music!
Composed by Leonard Bernstein in 1943

Recording: My Name Is Barbara (2005)
Score: Boosey & Hawkes - “Leonard Bernstein Song Album - medium voice & piano”

0:00 - My Name Is Barbara
1:03 - Jupiter Has Seven Moons
2:23 - I Hate Music!
3:50 - A Big Indian and a Little Indian
4:41 - I'm a Person Too

I Hate Music is a “cycle of five kid songs for soprano and piano” composed by Leonard Bernstein in 1943. He was inspired by his flatmate at the time, Edys Merril, who would constantly utter the phrase “I hate music,” due to her frustration with Bernstein constantly playing the piano and coaching singers. Bernstein dedicated the piece to her.

The song premiered at the Lenox Public Library in Lenox, Massachusetts on the 24th of August, 1943, with soprano Jennie Tourel, a singer Bernstein worked with frequently. On November 13, 1943 Tourel performed the song at The Town Hall in New York City.

The singer featured on this recording is American soprano Barbara Bonney, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau. Bonney originally sang the cycle at Wigmore Hall in London. She later included it on one of her solo albums, "My Name Is Barbara," so named after the first piece of the cycle.

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