author, composer, conductor, educator, musician
36-year-old composer Leonard Bernstein, holding musical score with lighted auditorium behind him. He has written two symphonies, a song cycle, jazzy ballet Fancy Free, two Broadway shows (on the Town, Wonderful Town) and is preparing a musical of Candide. (Photo by Gordon Parks//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
“When the study of the arts leads to the adoration of the formula… we shall be lost. But as long as we insist on maintaining artistic vitality, we are able to hope in man’s future.”
―Leonard Bernstein, composer, musician, conductor, author, educator
