In life, Lenny Bernstein was larger than life: conductor, composer, teacher, social activist, celebrity, and family man (albeit troubled by personal demons and doubts). Now that celebrations marking his 100th birthday have ended, what of his legacy remains?
Explore the life and historical setting of the man whose very name is synonymous with creativity, curiosity and inventive genius.
Explore the life and historical setting of the man whose very name is synonymous with creativity, curiosity and inventive genius.
Using the Must CMA campaign artworks as our starting point, we’ll get familiar with thought-provoking objects in the collection.
Using the Must CMA campaign artworks as our starting point, we’ll get familiar with thought-provoking objects in the collection.
If asked what instruments were played in European “classical” or “art” music, most people would think of the piano, the voice, and instruments used in the orchestra such as the violin, the oboe, or the trombone. Fewer would list the vielle, the shawm, the theorbo, or the sackbut, and yet all of these featured in music of their own times.