Leonard Bernstein





Leonard Bernstein

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born
in Lawrence, Massachusetts, The United States
August 25, 1918

died
October 14, 1990

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Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was the first conductor born and educated in the United States of America to receive world-wide acclaim. He is perhaps best known for his long conducting relationship with the New York Philharmonic, which included the acclaimed Young People's Concerts series, and his compositions including West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town. He is known to baby boomers primarily as the first classical music conductor to make many television appearances, all between 1954 and 1989. Additionally he had a formidable piano technique and was a highly respected composer. He is one of the most influential figures in the history of American classical music, championi...more


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The Joy of Music
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 1959 — 10 editions
West Side Story
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1957 — 10 editions
The Unanswered Question: Si...
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions
Candide
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions
Young People's Concerts
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1970 — 7 editions
Infinite Variety of Music
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
Findings
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings3 editions
Globe Concepts and Challeng...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977 — 5 editions
Bernstein on Broadway
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 3 editions
Wonderful Town: Piano/Vocal...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004
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“This will be our reply to violence:
to make music more intensely,
more beautifully,
more devotedly than ever before.”
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