Leonard Bernstein

Ballets:

- Fancy Free - Facsimiles - Dybbuk

what other genres did he write?

incidental music, songs, song cyles (I Hate Music)

Who did he marry?

- 1951 - Felicia Montealegre - chilean actress and pianist - 3 children

Chorus and orchestra:

- Chichester Psalms - Songfest - Mass

Later studies:

- Harvard University and the Curtis Institue for piano, orchestration, and conducting

Musicals:

- On the Town - West Side Story - Wonderful Town - Candide

Film score:

- On the Waterfront

Operas:

- Trouble in Tahiti - A Quiet Place

What did he do in 1966?

- became a conductor in Vienna - conducted to great acclaim - became one of the greatest conductors of the world

Musical influences:

- classical forms and idioms - American, Hispanic, Jewish elements - popular, jazz and musical theatre elements

Musical styles:

- fusion of popular and classical styles - vibrant orchestration - dissonant harmonic language (neo classical) - rhythms drawn form popular dance and jazz traditions

Awards?

- grammys - emmys - tonys

Early studies:

- piano at the New England Conservatory of Music

What happened in the early 1940's?

- sought out by director/choreographer, Jerome Robbins - wrote the ballet, Fancy Free for Robbins - worked on the comic musical, On the Town with Robbins - collaborated on West Side Story with Robbins

Orchestral Works:

- symphony no.1 "Jeremiah" - symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety - symphony no. 3 "Kaddish" - Serenade

Date of birth:

1918

Date of death:

1990

Place of birth:

Lawrence, Massachusetts

Chamber music:

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (clarinet and jazz ensemble)

Where did he become an assitant conductor?

Tangleweed festival

How did he get his New York Philharmonic debut?

the original conductor, Bruno Walters, fell ill and Bernstein was allowed to conduct