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3 days ago · Learn about the life and achievements of Leonard Bernstein, an American conductor, composer, pianist, and humanitarian. Explore his works, awards, legacy, and activism in music and society.
3 days ago · Discover the story behind one of the greatest and most successful of all stage musicals – Leonard Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’.
- Jeremy Nicholas
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1 day ago · On 25 December 1989, Leonard Bernstein gave a concert in Berlin celebrating the end of the Wall, including Beethoven's 9th symphony with the word "Joy" (Freude) changed to "Freedom" (Freiheit) in the lyrics sung. The poet Schiller may have originally written "Freedom" and changed it to "Joy" out of fear.
15 hours ago · Bernstein's ghost insinuates itself into many of MTT's compositions —conspicuously in the set's first item, "Agnegram," with the Symphony— but rarely has there been the least doubt that Tilson Thomas is a true original. It matters, of course, that, again like Bernstein, MTT the conductor has been a singularly gifted advocate of his own scores.
22 hours ago · It was also the inspiration for West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical that was most recently adapted into a 2021 Steven Spielberg film — coincidentally ...
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4 days ago · In the first notes of the song “Maria,” from West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein used a tritone to create a weird tension that then resolves. Thanks to the tritone’s unique ambiguity ...
5 days ago · Co-writing, directing, producing and starring in his Leonard Bernstein biopic "Maestro" was a terrifying undertaking, says Bradley Cooper, but turned into a journey of joy and courage.
