“Music... can name the unnameable and convey the unfathomable.” Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, pianist, pedagogue, and musical educator. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his ground-breaking works with Stretta Music today!
Bernstein studied music at Harvard and conducting with Sergei Koussevitzky at Tanglewood. His international conducting career got off to a quick start, when he jumped-in for Bruno Walter to conduct the New York Philharmonic. In the following years, he not only became music director of the New York Philharmonic, but he was also the first American to be guest conductor for numerous orchestras in Europe and around the world, including Vienna, London, Berlin, Boston, Prague, Israel, and many more.
His last concerts in 1989 and 1990 were of great importance. On Christmas Day 1989, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he conducted one of the most impactful performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. He made a small, yet decisive change to Schiller’s text in the finale, “Ode to Joy”, the chorus and soloists sang “Freedom”, instead of “Joy”, which was a strong political statement. He also conducted the same work in June 1990, at the final concert of the Prague Spring Festival, only six months after the fall of the communist regime in former Czechoslovakia. Both concerts are still considered symbols of new found freedom, and have had a lasting impact on music history to this day.
Leonard Bernstein quickly recognized the power of the new, emerging medium, television. From as early as the 1950s, he brought music education programmes for both young and old to people’s living rooms all around America. His most popular series was the ’Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic’, which enjoyed 53 episodes. Bernstein was also instrumental in popularising modern American classical music, and he regularly performed works by Aaron Copland and many other American composers.
Bernstein was a polystylist who used elements of both classical and popular music, whichever served him best at any particular moment. His compositions often have a tonal basis, a pronounced irregular or off-beat rhythm, and creative, unusual instrumentation. He often uses several languages in his vocal compositions, most commonly English, Latin and Hebrew. He made a huge impact on American musical theatre, and his West Side Story is one of the most successful musicals of all time. Bernstein’s Three Symphonies, Sacred Music by Bernstein and Bernstein’s Chamber Music are also important additions to performance repertoire around the world today.
Vocal Studio 99
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676945
Piano Play Along Vol.130 (+Online Audio Access)
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 643510
Symphony no.3
for mixed chorus, boy's chorus, speaker, soprano and orchestra
for: Soloist (soprano), narrator, mixed choir (SATB), boys' choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 458271
47 Songs
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 580432
Musical-Querschnitt
Popularmusik für Chor Band 33
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 612148
Musical-Querschnitt für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 680903
Life is happiness indeed
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198632
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Viola
Book, CD
Item no.: 608647
Choral Selections for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 138085
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 904187
10 Songs
for: Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1667959
Musical-Querschnitt für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 680904
Young Jazz (Jazz Ensemble)
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212418
Instrumental Play-Along Book
for: Violin
Book, CD
Item no.: 602698
Vocal Studio 99
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 207166
Vocal Solo-Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586299
from West Side Story
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 416789
Musical-Querschnitt für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 680902
24 Songs
Duette, Terzette und Ensembles
for: 2–4 voices, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 580433
from the Musical Candide
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 162408
Bearbeitung aus dem Musical "Peter Pan"
for: Voice, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674378
Arrangement for piano solo by Leonard Bernstein
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1664920
from West Side Story
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761971
from Mass
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 897468
from "West Side Story"
Quarter Military Band QMB 562
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 657300
aus dem Musical "West-Side-Story"
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Additional part
Item no.: 364789
Ballet
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 366654
Zehn Songs aus Leonard Bernsteins legendärem Musical für Tenorsaxophon solo
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 602659
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 578291
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197668
Arrangement for piano solo by Leonard Bernstein
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 131584
Canadian Bras
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1107105
Finale
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 185453
Arrangement for young band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 471671
Quarter Military Band QMB 421
for: Symphonic Band
Score
Item no.: 893608
Jazz Play-Along Volume 92
10 favorite Songs including "Somewhere", "Cool", "Mambo" etc.
for: Voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 561643
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613020
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 216952
A Vocal Selection
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 564297
Solo arrangements of 10 songs with CD accompaniment
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 602695
Gefühlvolle Ballade aus "West Side Story" für Streichorchester, Schlagwerk und Klavier
for: Strings, percussion, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646756
from "West Side Story"
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727939
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1671049
for: Concert band
Item no.: 1658016
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681202
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 816600
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 948999
Arranger's Publ Marching Band
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1003792
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