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Leonard Bernstein
real name Louis Bernstein
American conductor, composer, pianist
Lawrence, United States · 1918-08-25 – 1990-10-14
Leonard Bernstein is credited on 18,777 releases across 3,447 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
18,777
Credits
3,447
Albums
8
Decades active
543
In collections
Biography
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American composer, conductor, pianist, author and music lecturer (born August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States; died October 14, 1990 in The Dakota, New York City, NY, United States, aged 72).
Most famous for his time as music director with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (the first American-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra) and his works such as "West Side Story" and "On The Town".
Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
He married actress Felicia Montealegre on September 10, 1951, with whom they had three children, Jamie Bernstein, and.
Unrelated to Elmer Bernstein, though they were friends.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
18,777 releases · 3,447 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 22,220
- Other credits · 2,271
- Mastering · 3
- Production · 1
Studios: Philharmonic Hall, New York · Manhattan Center · Avery Fisher Hall · Abbey Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Waltz For Debby
1962

Sunday At The Village Vanguard
1961

Blue Valentine
1978

West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording)
1961

School's Out
1972

Everybody Digs Bill Evans
1959

Greatest Hits
1970

Yes
1969

Ghosts Of The Great Highway
2003

I Hear A Symphony
1966

The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album
1975

Sings Folk Songs
1962

Where Are You?
1957

Ambrosia
1975

Volume 2
1963

Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris
1959

Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
1954

The Broadway Album
1985

Gil Evans & Ten
1957

More Hits By The Supremes
1965

Asylum Years
1984

Some Other Time (The Lost Session From The Black Forest)
2016

Bilingual
1996

Fifth Symphony
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bernstein
- Beethoven
- Mahler
- Shirley Bassey
- Tchaikovsky
- Trini Lopez
- Brahms
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