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"Leonard Bernstein's music is immortal. It still sounds different from every other Broadway score you'll hear."
"Leonard Bernstein's music is immortal. It still sounds different from every other Broadway score you'll hear."
Bernstein—or "Lenny," as he was often affectionately called—was an extravagantly gifted musician with a common touch.
Today, Prince's 60-plus years of working on Broadway and 21 Tony Awards are evidence enough of his gifts, but in 1957 he was still relatively untested.