Bernstein, Leonard

Leonard Bernstein The most charismatic American-born conductor of classical music during the last half of the twentieth century, and noted classical and popular composer Lawrence, Massachusetts, August 25, 1918; New York City, October 14, 1990. Bernstein’s impact on Tin Pan Alley comes from the scores he wrote for Broadway. In 1943, Bernstein scored Jerome Robbins’s ballet Fancy Free, which was so successful it inspired a Broadway musical, On the Town . Lyrics were provided by the team of Betty…