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Leonard Bernstein

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born

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

died

October 14, 1990

gender

male

website

http://www.leonardbernstein.com/

genre

Arts & Photography, Nonfiction

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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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Average rating: 4.19 · 366 ratings · 33 reviews · 82 distinct works

	The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein by Leonard Bernstein, Tim Page (Foreword by) 4.28 avg rating — 180 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard 4.30 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim 4.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1957 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Young People's Concerts by Leonard Bernstein, Jack Gottlieb (Editor), Michael Tilson Thomas (Introduction) 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Candide 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Infinite Variety of Music 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Findings 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	تجزيه و تحليل موسيقي براي جوانان by Leonard Bernstein, مصطفي كمال ِ پورتراب 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Von Der Unendlichen Vielfalt Der Musik 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	My rating:
	Bernstein on Broadway 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.”
― Leonard Bernstein

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“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.”
― Leonard Bernstein

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“Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own.”
― Leonard Bernstein, The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein

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