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Leonard Bernstein
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25 Aug 1918
† 14 Oct 1990
Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".
Also Known As
Louis Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein's Movies
66%
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
09 Nov 2023
65%
Beatles '64
24 Nov 2024
65%
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
08 Sept 2022
73%
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
24 Mar 1970
68%
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
13 Sept 2009
85%
The Making Of West Side Story
01 May 1985
60%
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
27 Oct 1998
80%
Night of 100 Stars II
10 Mar 1985
77%
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
11 Jan 1976
80%
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
26 Dec 2016
90%
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
11 Jan 1976
65%
Satchmo the Great
04 Oct 1957
85%
The Creative Performer
31 Jan 1960
95%
Beethoven Fidelio
04 Nov 1978
75%
Candide
15 Oct 1991
90%
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
01 Jan 1993
80%
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
01 Nov 1985
10%
Bernstein's Wall
14 Jun 2021
98%
Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided
01 Jan 2018
75%
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
10 Nov 2008
Leonard Bernstein's TV Shows
61%
Great Performances
28 Jan 1971
68%
The Ed Sullivan Show
20 Jun 1948
74%
The Kennedy Center Honors
28 Dec 1978
68%
Startime
06 Oct 1959
63%
Omnibus
09 Nov 1952
80%
Le Grand Échiquier
12 Jan 1972
0%
What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4)
90%
Bambi
01 Jan 1948
70%
20th Century Greats
27 Nov 2004
70%
Clive James' Postcard from
04 Jan 1989
80%
Bernstein/Beethoven
25 Jan 1982
0%
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
18 Jan 1958
0%
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
11 Jan 1976
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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
25 Apr 1967
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Das Sonntagskonzert
26 Apr 1969
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Tony Awards
01 Apr 1956