This composer got his big break as the assistant to Artur Rodzinsky, when he caused a sensation while filling in for the sick conductor Bruno Walter.
This composer got his big break as the assistant to Artur Rodzinsky, when he caused a sensation while filling in for the sick conductor Bruno Walter. The first act of a work by this composer ends with a gong striking while two bodies lie dead onstage as the lighting fades to black, following a siren that disrupts a deadly fight. This composer hosted a series of televised "Young People's Concerts" as the music director of the (*) New York Philharmonic. He composed the music for the songs "Glitter and Be Gay" and "Make Our Garden Grow" for his operetta Candide, and wrote a musical which includes the songs "A Boy Like That" and "I Feel Pretty." For 10 points, name this American conductor and composer of West Side Story.
This composer got his big break as the assistant to Artur Rodzinsky, when he caused a sensation while filling in for the sick conductor Bruno Walter.
Leonard Bernstein [or Louis Bernstein]