Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)


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Renowned composer ("West Side Story", "Candide", "On The Town"), conductor, arranger, pianist, educator, author, TV/radio host, educated at the Boston Latin School and Harvard University (BA) with Walter Piston. Edward Burlingame Hill and A. Tillman Merritt. He studied piano with Helen Coates, Heinrich Gebhard and Isabelle Vengerova, at the Curtis... See full bio »

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Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 55 nominations. See more awards »

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West Side Story Music Department
(2021)
(1954)
West Side Story Music Department
(1961)

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 2021 Bernstein's Wall (Documentary) (from the words of)
 2017 Trouble in Tahiti (Video) (libretto)
 2004 A History of Russia: Tsars and Revolutions (TV Movie documentary) (writer)
 2001 Trouble in Tahiti (TV Movie) (libretto)
 1991 Candide (TV Movie) (lyrics) / (narrative written by)
 1986 A Quiet Place (TV Movie) (libretto)
 1985 The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler (TV Movie documentary) (script)
 1976 The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (TV Mini Series) (script - 6 episodes)
- The Poetry of Earth (1976) ... (script)
- The Twentieth Century Crisis (1976) ... (script)
- Musical Semantics (1976) ... (script)
- Musical Syntax (1976) ... (script)
 1974 What Makes a Gershwin Tune a Gershwin Tune? (TV Movie) (commentary)
  New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (TV Series) (25 episodes, 1959 - 1972) (script - 22 episodes, 1958 - 1968) (written by - 3 episodes, 1969 - 1970) (script by - 2 episodes, 1963 - 1964) (writer - 1 episode, 1963)
 1971 Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (TV Movie documentary) (commentary)
 1967 Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution (TV Movie documentary) (Mr. Bernstein's material)
 1962 The Drama of Carmen (TV Movie documentary)
 1961 Romanticism in Music (TV Movie)
 1960 Rhythm (TV Movie)
 1960 The Creative Performer (TV Movie documentary)
 1959 The Infinite Variety of Music (TV Movie) (script)
 1954-1958 Omnibus (TV Series) (script - 6 episodes)
- What Makes Opera Grand? (1958) ... (script)
- The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1957) ... (script)
- Introduction to Modern Music (1957) ... (script)
- The American Musical Comedy (1956) ... (script)
- The Art of Conducting (1955) ... (script)
 1952 Trouble in Tahiti (TV Movie) (libretto by)
 1952 NBC Television Opera Theatre (TV Series) (libretto - 1 episode)
- Trouble in Tahiti (1952) ... (libretto)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Wrote music for "West Side Story," performed in a Pimlico Opera Prison Project Production at the Bullingdon Prison in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with Sheena Woolstencroft, Stephen Chaundy, Marcia Bellamy, Meurig Davis, Andrew Rivera and Ron Milhench in the cast. Stephen Langridge was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 1 Interview | 10 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)

Spouse:

Felicia Montealegre  (her death)  (3 children)
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Personal Quote:

[April 1962, remarks to the audience from his remarks to the audience during a concert at which time he publicly disassociated himself from Glenn Gould's interpretation of the Johannes Brahms' D minor piano concerto about to be performed] I have only once before in my life ever had to submit to a soloist's totally new and incompatible view, and that was the last time I accompanied Mr. Gould. But ... See more »

Trivia:

In his series 20th Century Greats (2004), British composer and presenter Howard Goodall made a case for Bernstein as one of the four most important composers of the 20th century, along with Cole Porter, Bernard Herrmann and the Lennon (John Lennon)\McCartney (Paul McCartney) songwriting partnership. See more »

Nickname:

Lennie

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