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A theme from "America" was referenced by John Williams for his celebratory For New York, composed in 1988 for Bernstein's 70th birthday gala. [8] In 1989, a verse of the song was sampled in Big Audio Dynamite's single "James Brown" with a 4/4 beat underneath. In 2003, the song was used in advertisements for Admiral Insurance though with ...
West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood.
The Skin of Our Teeth (1964): an aborted work from which Bernstein took material to use in his "Chichester Psalms" Alarums and Flourishes (1980): an aborted work from which Bernstein took material to use in "A Quiet Place" Tucker: an aborted concept for a musical version of the 1988 film "Tucker: The Man and His Dream"
Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈ b ɜːr n s t aɪ n / BURN-styne; [1] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international ...
In an interview with Changing America, Bernstein even classified heightened attention paid to these risks as a disservice to the public. While heat exhaustion and heat stroke do happen, “really ...
West Side Story is the soundtrack album to the 1961 film West Side Story, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard ' s stereo albums charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, [2] although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's Thriller, on the grounds that this run ...
Bank of America to Participate in the Sanford C. Bernstein 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan will ...
Meghan Markle made a personal phone call to Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old biracial woman from Madison, Wisconsin, who claims she was set on fire while driving by four white men in an alleged ...