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Leonard Bernstein -- MASS
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Was created for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1971. It was directed by Gordon Davidson with additional texts by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Schwartz, sets by Oliver Smith, costumes by Frank Thompson, and choreography by Alvin Ailey. S exploration of a crisis of faith, along with the connection to President Kennedy, echoes Bernstein's Third Symphony, Kaddish. The President did not attend the opening, but did send staff to rehearsals...
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Leonard Bernstein -- The Composer
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Few composers capture their time and become the iconic voice of their age. Leonard Bernstein found his voice in the early 1940s and projected the sound of urban and urbane America from the period of World War II to the anti-war movements of the 1970s and the restoration of freedom in Europe, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and Soviet communism. 0169; 2008-2013 The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc.
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Leonard Bernstein -- The Educator
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Leonard Bernstein: a Born Teacher. Leonard Bernstein was a man of many accomplishments, but he was proudest of his own achievements as a teacher. That's Torah Lishmah. And Leonard Bernstein had it about almost everything! Luckily for all of us, it wasn't enough for Leonard Bernstein to compose music and conduct orchestras. He felt equally compelled to talk about. Bernstein's first TV appearances were actually for adults. In the early 1950's, he created segments about classical music for the groundbre...
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Leonard Bernstein -- Press
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Welcome to The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc.'s Press Room. Here you will find biographies and photographs of Leonard Bernstein as well as of Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein and Nina Bernstein Simmons. All these photos have been cleared for press use. Please credit them as indicated. When using the biographies please credit as follows:. 0169; The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc. Used with permission. There are many thousands of photos of Leonard Bernstein that can be found at SonyBMG.
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Leonard Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990). Listen to Leonard Bernstein discuss studying conducting with Serge Koussevitsky and Fritz Reiner. From: Leonard Bernstein: An American Life. A Steve Rowland and Larry Abrams Production). Available in the shop. In 1940, he studied at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's newly created summer institute, Tanglewood, with the orchestra's conductor, Serge Koussevitzky. Bernstein later became Koussevitzky's conducting assistant. Bernstein became Music Director ...
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Leonard Bernstein -- Calendar
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Leonard Bernstein -- Newsletter
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Leonard Bernstein -- The Conductor
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I will never forget going to a New York Philharmonic rehearsal when Leonard Bernstein was conducting Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. I was imagining how many hundreds of times he must have conducted that symphony and wondering what kind of approach he would take. The two hours that followed were an absolute revelation and offered me insight into and understanding of who Leonard Bernstein, the conductor, really was. Only to have 70 musicians magically turn into 4 year olds with that sparkle of anticipation ...
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Leonard Bernstein -- The Person
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My brother Lenny, who was always larger than life, turned out to be smaller than death. Amazingly just like that! 0150; he is no more. It seems impossible. Those of us who were closest to him, who knew him best and longest, who loved him most, we such lucky ones we are! 0150; we somehow assumed that he would go on forever, like time itself, that he was somehow immortal, not just perishable matter like the rest of us. All the world knows what he did:. Experimenting with the new, even though he was a h...
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Leonard Bernstein -- News
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Terry Gross interviews "Broadway Chanteuse" Barbara Cook on NPR's. After starring in Broadway shows like The Music Man and Candide, Barbara Cook struggled with addiction, then staged a successful second career as a cabaret singer. Her new memoir is. See more at: www.npr.org. The Goodman Theatre in Chicago will open its 2016/17 season with "Wonderful Town" on September 10! From Carol J. Oja's article "Hamilton and the theatrical legacy of Leonard Bernstein":. Philip Quarles, WNYC). See more at: www.hu...
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