Wynton Marsalis on Leonard Bernstein’s Legacy of Musical and Racial Integration
Wynton Marsalis discusses Leonard Bernstein's legacy of addressing musical and racial segregation through education and integration.
Wynton Marsalis discusses Leonard Bernstein's legacy of addressing musical and racial segregation through education and integration.
Explore the characteristics that make American music sound American in the second televised Young People's Concert.
The topic today was Leonard Bernstein, a teacher and mentor of St.Clair’s. The two of us have talked about Bernstein many times over the years, but always in passing and glancing efforts, never in one fell swoop like this.
In 1958, a new type of television programming premiered on CBS, with Leonard Bernstein at the helm.
"Leonard Bernstein was the most powerful envoy from the high arts in my lifetime, and arguably in the 20th century," says educator, author, and former broadway actor, Eric Booth.
I first encountered Maestro Bernstein as an elementary school kid growing up in Metuchen, NJ, in the 1960's.
Leonard Bernstein, for me, was the greatest risk-taker in 20th century classical music.
Classical.org is pleased to share with you for your exclusive viewing a Leonard Bernstein rehearsal video that the world hasn’t seen: Bernstein rehearsing Copland’s 3rd Symphony with the Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) Orchestra, just days before his final concert with the TMC on August 14, 1990. (Part 1 of 3)