Leonard Bernstein

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  1. Speaking of Music

    “Can anyone explain in mere prose the wonder of one note following or coinciding with another so that we feel that it is exactly how those notes had to be? Of course not.”

    A black-and-white photograph of Leonard Bernstein conducting an orchestra in front of a crowd
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  2. A Nice Gershwin Tune

    New England born composer LEONARD BERNSTEIN is now on a spring visit to Italy, where he is conductor in residence at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and where he will conduct the May Festival in Florence. Shortly before his departure, he had completed the score for a musical version of Voltaire’s Candide with a book by Lillian Hellman, which is scheduled for production in the fall.