Leonard Bernstein
Two quotes?
-every work had a story, and that each story had a moral that connected us on a basic human level -"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer"
Started playing piano at what age?
10
How many Emy's?
11
Born?
1918-Massachusetts
When did he study at Tanglewood?
1940
When was his first permanent conducting post?
1943-Assistant conductor of New York Philharmonic
When did he die?
1990 Five days after retiring-(from emphysema, he was a heavy smoker)
Who was a good friend of him?
Aaron Copland
What was his "trademark"?
Copland's "Piano Variations" (He played it so often)
What did he want to absorb?
Everything/knowledge- Music, Shakespeare, biology, etc.
Who did he study with at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
Fritz Reiner
What did a lot of cities do for him?
Grant him Key's to the City
When/Where did he study?
Harvard, 1939
Best know for?
Interpretations of Mahler
Where was he the Laureate conductor of?
Israel Philharmonic in 1988
Who produced a Bernstein Festival?
London Symphony Orchestra in 1986
What institute did he find?
Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute in 1982
Originally named what?
Louis
Where did he conduct in 1945?
New York City Symphony
Where did he conduct in 1958?
New York Philharmonic
First TV series?
Omnibus then The Young People's Concerts teaching people about what makes music 'tick'
What festival in Japan did he create?
Pacific Music Festival in Japan, modeled after Tanglewood, first of its kind in Asia, continues today
1st large-scale work?
Symphony No.1: Jeremiah (1943)
Where did he also study?
The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
What was he extremely big on? (Non-music related)
World Peace
Was be bisexual?
Yes
What did he conduct for children?
Young People's concerts