THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE
(aka THE RACE TO URGA and A PRAY BY BLECHT)

Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Lyricists: Various

Opened: Unproduced

Note: Jerry Lieber, Stephen Sondheim, John Guare, and possibly Leonard Bernstein separately penned lyrics at various points in time. Unless indicated below, however, their individual contributions are not known at this time. A live performance recording of an August 1968 workshop reading is known to exist.

Unrecorded Numbers:

The Coolie's Dilemma (L: Jerry Lieber) (later used in BY BERNSTEIN)
Coolie's Prayer
Don't Give It A Thought (M/L: Stephen Sondheim) (discarded)
Folk Dance
Greek Dance
Han
(Get Your Ass) In There (later used in BY BERNSTEIN) (L: Stephen Sondheim)
(They Got This) Little Secret)
Merchant's March (Number One)
Merchant's March (Frantic)
Paranoia Song (Give Me The Open Air)
Prologue March (music later used in MASS)
The Race Through The Desert (I Have Got To Get There In Seven Days Flat)
The Suspicion Song
The Take Break Blues
The Trial
The Trial Song (L: John Guare) (possibly the same song as "The Trial")
Urga Marches
The Year Of The… (M/L: Stephen Sondheim) (discarded)

The numbers "God Said" and "Kyrie Eleison" in Bernstein's MASS are said to be based on melodies written for this show. For recordings of "God Said," see:

1. Mass, Columbia (S) M2-31008 (Larry Marshall, Benjamin Rayson, Judy Gibson, John D. Anthony, Ronald Young, Carole Prandis, The Norman Scribner Choir, The Berkshire Boy Choir directed by Maurice Peress, and orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein) [reissued as CD/Sony SM2K 63089]
2. Mass, CD/Harmonia Mundi 2CD HMC 901840.41 (Pacific Mozart Ensemble directed by Richard Grant and Lynne Morrow, the Rundfunkchor Berlin directed by Simon Halsey, the Staats- Und Domchor Berlin directed by Kai-Uwe Jirka, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester directed by Kent Nagano)
3. Music From Mass, Deutsche Grammophon 2584 002 (Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler) [reissued on The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Stars And Stripes - An American Concert, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 477 6115]

For recordings of "Kyrie Eleison" (L: Liturgy of the Roman Mass), see:

1. Mass, Columbia (S) M2-31008 (Betty Allen, Karen Altman, Dominic Cossa, and Raymond deVoll with orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein) [reissued as CD/Sony SM2K 63089]
2. Mass, CD/Harmonia Mundi 2CD HMC 901840.41 (High Soprano, Bass Solo, Second Soprano and Alto Soli, Tenor and Baritone Soli members of the Pacific Mozard Ensemble directed by Richard Grant and Lynne Morrow with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester directed by Kent Nagano)
3. 3. Music From Mass, Deutsche Grammophon 2584 002 (Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler) [reissued on The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Stars And Stripes - An American Concert, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 477 6115]