Leonard Bernstein

Sound

August 25, 1918

Died: October 14, 1990

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".

Leonard Bernstein

Biography

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Known For (Movies)

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Beethoven Fidelio

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal

West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein

Candide

TV Shows

Tony Awards

Great Performances

Bambi

Le Grand Échiquier

The Ed Sullivan Show

Omnibus

The Kennedy Center Honors

Das Sonntagskonzert

The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein

What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4)

New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts

Clive James' Postcard from

20th Century Greats

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution