![]() ![]() Luckily for all of us, it wasn’t enough for Leonard Bernstein to compose music and conduct orchestras. To say he was a true Renaissance man is really an understatement. And what he loved most was to communicate his excitement to others. Or the day after the first presidential debates, you buy all the newspapers, nearly salivating with anticipation at reading all the spin.īernstein just could not absorb enough information on the things that interested him. ![]() Or maybe you just settled into your train seat with a big, juicy article in a magazine about your all-time favorite sports hero or movie star. Maybe you were researching a subject you were intensely interested in, and came across a document that went right to the heart of your thesis. There’s a Hebrew phrase that makes me think of my father: Torah Lishmah, he said, which means, loosely translated, “a raging thirst for knowledge.” I’m sure you’ve all had that feeling. Leonard Bernstein was a man of many accomplishments, but he was proudest of his own achievements as a teacher. Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, to Jennie (née Charna Resnick) and Samuel Joseph (Shmuel Yosef) Bernstein, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. ![]() Originally published in The Clarinet 46/1 (December 2018). ![]()
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