Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernsteinwas an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth25 August 1918
CityLawrence, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Leonard Bernstein quotes about
I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.
Wine snobbery, of course, is part showmanship, part sophistication, part knowledge, and part bluff
I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.
Life without music is unthinkable.
If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.
Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's - the spirit of compassion, of universal love, even of suffering - a spirit that knows no age, that belongs to all ages.