Seven Anniversaries is a collection of short piano pieces by American composer Leonard Bernstein, written between 1942 and 1943.
The first concert performance took place at the Boston Opera House, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1944.
[2] As in the case of all the other Anniversaries, Seven Anniversaries was dedicated to many different people who played an important role in Bernstein's life, even though, in this case, most of the dedicatees were musicians.
Aaron Copland and Serge Koussevitzky were two of Bernstein's most important mentors; Natalie Koussevitzky, who was Serge's second wife, died in January 1942; composers Paul Bowles and William Schuman were both good friends of his.
Alfred Eisner, one of Bernstein's roommates during his senior year at Harvard, died when he was 23; finally, Shirley Bernstein was Leonard's closest confidante.