Leonard Bernstein

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

                                                                                

                 Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrenceville, Massachusettes on August 25, 1918. He was the offset born churl of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein, who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to lower some relatives.

                 Bernsteins parents had little knowledge of, or interest in classical music. The only records Leonard remembers hearing on his family phonograph when he was a child were the popular hit songs of the day, such as Barney Google and Oh by Jingo.

                  For the most part, Leonard Bernstein was an unhappy child. He said, I was a miserable, terrified little child (Musicians p.64). His family moved from town to town, during Bernsteins trail days, not giving him a chance to make reason out friends or feel at home. Sadly, Bernsteins peers would make fun of and loosen Bernstein. He was a very sickly child as he suffered from chronic asthma, rose fever, and hay fever. This pathetic child grew to be a very shy person.

                 Leonard always had a heart for music, even as a young boy.



As an eight year old, one morning, when he was sitting in the synagogue, the religious music of the choir and organ overwhelmed him by its strike and caused him to burst into tears. When Leonard and his family would visit their friends, Leonard would sneak over to the piano and experiment. When he was eleven, his aunt sent her piano to his house for his family to keep for storage. I made love to it right away he recalled (Musicians p. 65). He could escape from all his frustrations and sadness by playing the piano. His parents didnt kindred the fact that he was always at the piano, they needinessed him to...

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