“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.
Nocturne
for: Flute, Percussion and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340419
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 972
for: Flute, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 218153
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 631681
from Pensylvania Avenue
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1211674
Almighty Father
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148267
from the Musical Production 1600 Pensylvania Avenue
for: Women's Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 362981
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 163784
for: Flute Quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1191294
A theatre piece for singers, players, and dancers
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 133964
Instrumental Solos
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 631637
Quarter Military Band 464
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 604134
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1211576
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1211518
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211496
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 745019
for: Mixed Ensemble
Book
Item no.: 225178
for: Voice (alto)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 349741
From The West Side Story
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531112
New Sounds for Concert Band 20
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557620
Includes several songs from Bernstein's beloved interpretation of the Voltaire classic.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 687574
Easy Music For Strings
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809565
Musical-Querschnitt für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 145119
aus "West Side Story"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 416788
Choral Suite
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1212173
Gefühlvolle Ballade aus "West Side Story" für Streichorchester, Schlagwerk und Klavier
for: Strings, percussion, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646756
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1671049
for: Concert band
Item no.: 1658016
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
aus Fancy Free
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 615289
Symphonie Nr. 2
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 277170
French Choruses
for: Mixed Choir or 7 Soloists [SSMezTTBB] a Cappella, Percussion ad lib
Choir score
Item no.: 225180
Something's Coming / Tonight
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 161344
Quarter Military Band QMB 435
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 159251
10 Songs
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 641355
Piano Vocal
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 558009
Vocal Score
for: Voice
Score
Item no.: 607771
Finale aus der Symphonie Nr.1 Jeremiah
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 198566
Arrangement for young band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 471609
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 863746
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1207
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 372273
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197674
Song aus dem Musical "West Side Story" arrangiert für Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 657792
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 195059
Boosey and Hawkes Quarter Military Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 465964
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 557579
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 816600
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681202
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