Journal of Alta California

West Coast Story: Honoring Bernstein at 100

Leonard Bernstein was the quintessential East Coast American musician. Harvard-trained. Darling of Broadway. The New York Philharmonic’s most iconic music director. His music defined the 20th century. Born in Massachusetts during the final months of World War I, he died in New York City in 1990.

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