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Traveling by freighter, he found his way to Italy. Within a couple of years, he had studied with Herbert von Karajan in Berlin and had been named one of Leonard Bernstein's assistants at the New York Philharmonic. At 27, he seemed the embodiment of Japanese musical aspirations when he returned to Tokyo to lead some concerts with Japan's most prestigious orchestra, the NHK Symphony. But his brash ways offended the conservative, prideful musicians. "We won't be bullied by that kid," they declared. In December of 1962, Ozawa stood alone on a podium in front of an ensemble...
...dance as well, with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Harold Nicholas, Gregg Burge and the Mutt-and-Jeff tandem of Tommy Tune and Drew Barrymore finding new steps for some unforgettable old melodies. Nor would anyone think of shooting the piano players. Michael Tilson Thomas opened with Rhapsody in Blue. Later Leonard Bernstein brought a furious solemnity to Gershwin's Prelude in C-sharp Minor. And at the climax Movie Maestro Johnny Green unearthed half-century-old arrangements of Gershwin songs and made them swing like...
...agreed with that verdict. Wolfe was a best-selling author celebrated for his gargantuan appetites, his 600-page novels with their catalogs of sensual impressions, and his operatic love affair with Stage Designer Aline Bernstein, whom he alternately praised as someone who afforded him the "happiest hours I have ever known" and a "titillative New York Jew." His autobiographical novel Look Homeward, Angel was a sensation, and the title of his third book, You Can't Go Home Again, became a rallying cry. William Faulkner later appraised him as one of the most important contemporary American writers. But even...
Some graduates continue in the field of their undergraduate work. Perhaps some of the passages in "West Side Story" were developed while Leonard Bernstein '39 was writing his thesis on "The Absorption of Race Elements into American Music". The conductor, pianist, composer and teacher penciled on the back of one of the pages, "I wonder what critics in 1975 will have to say on a young American composer...
...plenty of money. Although its new convention hall is not yet completed, Developer Joe Russo offered to take out a $5 million policy with Lloyd's of London payable to the D.N.C. if the hall is not finished on time. The city also promised to arrange a Leonard Bernstein benefit concert for the convention, but members seemed just as impressed with another cultural landmark -- they kept buses and motorcades waiting half an hour while they shopped at Neiman-Marcus...