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The classical TV series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was created by world-renowned orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, in 1960. Bernstein created the show for the purpose of exposing young viewers, mainly school-aged children, not just to European classical music, but to various kinds of orchestral instruments as well. It was a ...
Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈbɜːrnstaɪn / BURN-styne; [1] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
The New York Philharmonic's annual "Young People's Concerts" series was founded in 1924 by conductor "Uncle" Ernest Schelling and Mary Williamson Harriman and Elizabeth "Bessie" Mitchell, co-chairs of the Philharmonic's Educational and Children's Concerts Committee. [4] Schelling designed the concerts to encourage a love of music in children ...
Release. May 14, 2005. (2005-05-14) –. 2017. (2017) Classical Baby is an American animated television series for young children and families directed by Amy Schatz and produced by HBO. The animation was created and designed by Maciek Albrecht and MaGiK World Animation. Classical Baby is designed to introduce young children to masterpieces ...
I Hate Music: A cycle of Five Kid Songs for Soprano and Piano is a song cycle by Leonard Bernstein. Composed in 1942, the work was premiered by vocalist Jennie Tourel with Bernstein as pianist in 1943. The song has remained a part of the song repertoire and has been recorded by numerous artists; including singers Blanche Thebom, Barbara Bonney ...
Bernstein, who was featured on Town & Country's February 1959 cover, passed away in 1990 at age 72. His best-known work is probably West Side Story , which was recently adapted into a feature film ...
The trailer focuses on Bernstein’s relationship with wife Felicia Montealegre, whom he married in 1951. Carey Mulligan stars as Montealegre, who died o See Bradley Cooper Transform Into Leonard ...
On the Town (1944) Peter Pan (1950) Wonderful Town (1953) West Side Story (1957) A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958, collaboration) The Race to Urga (1969 - incomplete) "By Bernstein" (a Revue) (1975) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) The Madwoman of Central Park West (contributed to 1979)