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Chi è Leonard Bernstein
Città natale
Lawrence, United States of America
Nato/a
1918
Genere
Classical
One of the most prodigiously gifted musicians in American history, Leonard Bernstein was a popularizing presence across many disciplines: orchestral music, Broadway musicals, ballet, film, and television. Born in 1918 in Lawrence, Mass., he studied composition at Harvard University and conducting at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Tanglewood Music Center. Early on, it seemed as though the concert podium would take priority. In 1943, Bernstein was summoned, without rehearsal, to fill in for an ailing Bruno Walter at the New York Philharmonic, effectively launching his global conducting career. Yet before long, he was being touted as the potential savior of the American musical, embarking on scores for On the Town (1944), Wonderful Town (1953), Candide (1956), and the future juggernaut West Side Story (1957). Bernstein explored religious and philosophical themes in his symphonic and choral music, notably the Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish” (1963), the jazzy Chichester Psalms (1965), and the freewheeling Mass (1971). Bernstein’s role as music director of the New York Philharmonic (1958-69) provided the biggest platform for his communicative talents: he championed works by Mahler and Sibelius and starred in the Philharmonic's televised Young People’s Concerts. A complicated figure offstage, Bernstein was idealistic to the core, and when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, he conducted two performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (1824) in East and West Berlin. He died in 1990.
Influenze MusicaliLe influenze musicali di Leonard Bernstein includono George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Gustav Mahler e altro.
Influenzato da Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein ha influenzato la musica di Laura Nyro, Christoph von Dohnányi, Andrew Lloyd Webber e altro ancora.
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