In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.

Leonard Bernstein’s centenary fell late last month – he was born on August 25, 1918 – and all year it has been celebrated in ...

conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein. The piece was published in 1942. “We play the last pieces of a composer’s life because, generally speaking, they get better,” Staupe said from home i ...

Leonard Bernstein '39 and Alan Jay Lerner '40 have ... Lerner's lyrics reflect this mood: Briggs did not think that the March could be used as a football song because of the lyrics.

Leonard – or 'Lenny' – Bernstein was an American composer, conductor and pianist who had a long and varied musical career. When he was very young, Bernstein first heard someone playing a piano ...

For much of the 20th century, the world of classical conducting was dominated by two figures: Herbert von Karajan and Leonard ... interpreting it (Bernstein was also a composer, whereas Karajan ...