“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.
for: Violin, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638635
for: Viola, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638662
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613020
for: Double Bass, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612211
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1612996
for: Flute, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612075
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612725
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612634
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613028
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589490
for: Clarinet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589196
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1563257
for: Double Bass, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561493
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553375
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554695
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 1209893
Große Komponisten und ihre Zeit 5
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 772109
A Cycle of Five Kids Songs
for: Children's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 770307
from West Side Story
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761971
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 745019
Boosey and Hawkes Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 693731
for Cello solo
Instrumental Solos
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 683172
with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 686029
from "Candide"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675098
Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1211478
Canadian Bras
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1107105
From The West Side Story
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531112
from "West Side Story"
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531113
from "Candide"
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 798382
From The West Side Story
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531110
From The West Side Story
for: 2 Bb Clarinets, Eb Alto Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531111
From The West Side Story
for: Soprano, 3 Alto, 2 Tenor and Bariton Saxophone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531109
10 Songs
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 641355
10 Songs
for: Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 641387
Arranger's Publ Marching Band
for: Marching band
Score
Item no.: 1003808
10 Songs
for: Baritone/Bass and Piano
Book
Item no.: 641248
Instrumental Solos
for: Violin, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 628105
Instrumental Solos
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 633066
Boosey and Hawkes Archive Edition
for: Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 891966
from West Side Story
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1204475
Transcribed for Clarinet in B-flat and Cello
for: Clarinet (B-flat), cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 902170
Revised Edition - Based on Manuscript Sources
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 886576
Original version from the Musical Candide
for: Soloists, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 584786
Instrumental Play-Along Book
for: Violin
Book, CD
Item no.: 602698
A Cycle of Five Kid Songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 609875
A Vocal Selection
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 564297
Concert Selections for Soloists and Chorus
for: Solo Voices, Mixed Choir, Percussion and Chamber orch.
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 863140
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Clarinet, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 580779
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