Leonard Bernstein Quiz

Where was Leonard Bernstein born?

• Philadelphia

• New York City

• Boston

• Lawrence, Massachusetts

What was Leonard Bernstein's birth name?

• Leonard

• Louis

• Sam

• Lenny

Who was Leonard Bernstein's first real teacher and lifelong mentor?

• Fritz Reiner

• Arthur Tillman Merritt

• Walter Piston

• Helen Coates

In which year did Leonard Bernstein attend the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood?

• 1951

• 1943

• 1940

• 1937

Who offered Leonard Bernstein the position of assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic?

• Bruno Walter

• Artur Rodzinski

• Serge Koussevitzky

• Dmitri Mitropoulos

What was the name of the musical Leonard Bernstein composed the score for?

• West Side Story

• Trouble in Tahiti

• Candide

• On the Town

In which year did Leonard Bernstein found the Creative Arts Festival at Brandeis University?

• 1951

• 1952

• 1956

• 1961

What was the name of the television show that allowed Leonard Bernstein to speak to a whole new audience of music lovers?

• Omnibus

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• Young People's Concerts

• American Bandstand

Who did Leonard Bernstein collaborate with for the musical West Side Story?

• Jerome Robbins

• Arthur Laurents

• Stephen Sondheim

• All of the above

What was the name of the 45-minute two-character chamber piece written by Leonard Bernstein in 1951?

• Trouble in Tahiti

• West Side Story

• Candide

• On the Town