In the summer of 1963, Bernstein had resumed work on his Kaddish Symphony. He finally completed the short score in August in Fairfield, Connecticut, apparently much to the relief of his entire family, who had watched him brooding over it for two long years. When he emerged from his studio waving the score above his head, shouting “I finished it!,” Felicia joyfully jumped into the swimming pool with her clothes on.19
