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LEONARD BERNSTEIN - - - Leonard Bernstein was a highly influential and dynamic conductor whose career was marked by a meticulous approach to interpretation and a deep commitment to musical education and innovation. His professional trajectory began with a dramatic breakthrough in 1943 when, with less than 24 hours' notice and no rehearsal, he substituted for the ailing Bruno Walter at Carnegie Hall, leading the New York Philharmonic in a challenging program and instantly establishing himself as

On this day in 1957, Lenard Bernstein's Omnibus program "Introduction to Modern Music" was broadcast. In this program, Bernstein introduces his audience to “modern music,” including such a more or less classical composer as Stravinsky to the avant-garde instrumentation of John Cage’s prepared piano and early electronics of Pierre Henry’s musique concrete. Bernstein then goes on to make a case for modern, experimental music, hoping to persuade his audience to “hate it less, or hate it more intell

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“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” - composer Leonard Bernstein who would've been 100 years old today. | Biography