Leonard bernstein brief biography of mozart

ByDB Kelly

Legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein was no fan of critics, once telling The New York Times how fed up he was with them: "I suppose I am a problem for critics trying to be objective, I haven't opted for one school, or style, or cult," he explained.

"I am very hard to pinpoint as either a performer or a composer. But they have to find a label for me, so a word like 'flamboyant' attaches itself I'm so sick of that word, I can't tell you."

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So, what did Bernstein prefer?

"Universal," he said, and also?

Leonard bernstein brief biography of mozart

"'Eclectic' is another one they pin on me, and it is a word I respect very much." And those are, of course, incredibly accurate. Bernstein enjoyed a decades-long career, both as a conductor and a composer, in a duality that greatly troubled him.

His passion for music was unmistakable, and his skill was of the sort that could make any listener feel that same passion in their very b