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The Manuscripts and Revised Scores, 1985-2004 series contains Sheng's original, hand-written scores, photocopies thereof, and printed scores with Sheng's hand-written revisions. The series highlights the revision and adaptation that are essential parts of Sheng's composition process by including multiple versions of some of his works. Also of note in the series are three manuscript versions of Leonard Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles, as orchestrated by Bright Sheng. These manuscripts include Bernstein's notes as well as Sheng's. For document-housing purposes, size is used to distinguish the oversize versions from the regular size versions. Thus, researchers should look for versions in both size categories.