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Leonard Bernstein
Title: Leonard Bernstein
Category: Arts & Humanities / Artists
Details: Words: 1400 | Pages: 6.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Leonard Bernstein
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrenceville, Massachusettes on August 25, 1918. He was the first born child of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein, who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to visit some relatives.
Bernstein's parents had little knowledge of, or interest in classical music. The only records Leonard remembers hearing on his family phonograph when he was a child were the popular hit songs of the day, such as "Barney Google" and "Oh …showed first 75 words of 1400 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1400 total…Often times, he would produce music with great humour and sentiment. Bernstein's great talents led him to author a few books in the 1960's. One of his most recent, famous collections of his music is used in the ever popular film West Side Story.
Leonard Bernstein was the "Renaissance man of twentieth century music." Over the decades, Bernstein has been called one of the most charismatic and gifted personalities in the music of our times.
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