Leonard Bernstein: Music to Our Ears?

Rich Grzesiak
Sep 4, 2018 · 13 min read

Meet Leonard Bernstein.

Darling of cafe society. Conductor laureate of the New York Philharmonic and the Israeli Philharmonic. Composer of great Broadway musicals (like West Side Story and Candide). Esteemed lecturer at Harvard. Recipient of a gold medal from Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (DGG), one of the world’s leading record companies. Benefactor of the state of Israel since its birth.

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