20th Century Greats

Howard Goodall examines the work of The Beatles, Cole Porter, Bernard Herrmann and Leonard Bernstein.

Created By	Howard Goodall
Status	Ended
Original Name	20th Century Greats
First Air Date	November 27, 2004
Last Air Date	December 18, 2004
Seasons	1
Episodes	4
Episode Runtime	48min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	Tiger Aspect
Networks	Channel 4

S01E04

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein was the composer who, more than anyone else in the twentieth century, embodied the trend we now call ‘cross-over.’ A brilliant musician and conductor, he wrote in the ‘classical’ style, but also wrote some of the best known ‘popular’ music of the century, from On The Town to West Side Story. By his own mixing of European classical, pop and Latin styles, Bernstein may have prefigured the next important phase in the music of our own time – the fusion of Western and Asian styles.

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