Leonard BERNSTEIN25 August 1918 - 14 October 1990 (age 72)
click on the above portrait of Bernstein for more information about it American 20th century composer, writer, teacher and conductor. All of these activities he pursued to a remarkable degree with great energy and success. You can buy a quality print of this image at: IMAGEKIND FamilyBorn: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA in 1918 .Parents first generation Jewish immigrants from Russia.Father: Sam Bernstein, businessman, initially discouraged Leonard's musical aspirations. Mother: Jennie Siblings: sister - Shirley Wife: Chilean actress Felicia Montealegre Children: 3 - Jamie, Alexander and Nina Death: Died 5 days after retiring. Pneumonia and lung cancer. Suffered from emphysema for a long time. Heavy smoker. Grave: Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York 2009 Great Composers Calendar(includes Leonard Bernstein)Works
Theatre/FilmOrchestral Berstein Quotes- This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.- In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing. - I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. Thanks to Brainyquote.com
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