That group included the composer Leonard Bernstein, the choreographer Jerome Robbins, and the writer Arthur Laurents.
Marin told us about being inspired by composer, conductor and musical genius Leonard Bernstein.
And then, of course, there's West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein's modern take on Romeo and Juliet.
Into his films, as familiar as friends, walk famous names: Leonard Bernstein, Norman Mailer, Andrei Sakharov, Igor Stravinsky.
While he expresses affection for all of them, Leonard Bernstein clearly holds a special place in Drucker's heart.
Irving Penn captures a dashing Leonard Bernstein wearing a tuxedo, posed on a group of carpeted boxes, dated 1948.
He then became assistant conductor to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic.
The concept was dreamed up by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, and Arthur Laurents.
Leonard Bernstein's conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1943 is among other musical extracts preserved for the library.
Ms. von Otter's performances were equally persuasive especially of Leonard Bernstein's exquisite song "Dream With Me, " from his 1950 music for J.
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The Concerto for Orchestra, composed in 1969 for Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, is an essay in musical multivalence.
It was held at Carnegie Hall with the famous Leonard Bernstein presiding.
Carol Oja, a musicologist at Harvard University, directs the students in her freshman seminar on Leonard Bernstein to explore the Philharmonic's archives.
He persuaded Leonard Bernstein to let him join an orchestra he was conducting, and was allowed to help out with the percussion.
Leonard Bernstein came out and noted his approval at the time, while Miles Davis famously declared that Ornette was all screwed up inside.
George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein incorporated jazz elements into orchestral works.
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Mr Maazel introduced the composer as his late predecessor, Leonard Bernstein.
With a song like Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" (from West Side Story), the melody is here, but it's unlike any version of the song I've heard recorded.
This last year we installed Copland, and we hope to have the Leonard Bernstein sculpture prepared for 2013, and beyond that Koussevitzky the next year, we hope.
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One of my favorite Rite of Spring memories is of Leonard Bernstein rehearsing the piece with an orchestra of young musicians at the Schleswig Holstein Festival in Germany.
And when the band appeared on Soundcheck after our celebration of Leonard Bernstein's 90th birthday, Burns talked at length (off-mic) about the great American composer and conductor.
Leonard Bernstein was unofficially blacklisted in America's McCarthy era.
"I insisted that my musicians were to be treated with the same respect as Leonard Bernstein or Jascha Heifetz because they were just as good, both as men and musicians, " Granz said.
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Jerome Robbins enrolled in night school, in the midst of creating West Side Story, simply so that he could have better conversations with composer Leonard Bernstein in order to make their project better.
Tanglewood was founded by Serge Koussevitzky, and Aaron Copland was head of the school for many years, and Leonard Bernstein was not only a student here but a leader here for so many decades.
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Anastasio, who was obsessed with "West Side Story" as a kid, joked that he used to love poring over old photos of Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein lounging on couches as they collaborated on last-minute songs.
The small town has been here for more than 1, 500 years, perched on a dramatic cliff top 1000-feet above the sea, and in the past few centuries has garnered a reputation as a popular escape for creative artists and musicians: Ravello has been a home away from home to Wagner, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Greta Garbo, Graham Greene, Leonard Bernstein and M.
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