Bernstein's Anniversaries are short pieces that were dedicated to different people that played different parts in his life.

Generally, the anniversaries were dedicated to other musicians or people that were important to the composer.

Unlike the other sets, this composition's dedicatees are mostly lesser-known friends of Bernstein, except for fellow pianist and collaborator Lukas Foss, with whom Bernstein first recorded his Second Symphony.

[1] The whole set was composed between 1949 and 1951 and it was initially published by Jalni Publications in 1964, Amberson Holdings being the copyright holder and Boosey & Hawkes the sole agent.

In particular, Rudolf is found in the A section of the second movement, Aristophanes; Foss appears in the B section of the same movement; finally, material from Ehrman is found in the finale, beginning three measures after rehearsal number 30.