1.0OperaWirehttps://operawire.comDavid Salazarhttps://operawire.com/author/davesy22/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rENtSlJiPz"><a href="https://operawire.com/composer-profile-celebrating-leonard-bernsteins-100/">Composer Profile: Celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s 100</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://operawire.com/composer-profile-celebrating-leonard-bernsteins-100/embed/#?secret=rENtSlJiPz" width="600" height="338" title="“Composer Profile: Celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s 100” — OperaWire" data-secret="rENtSlJiPz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://operawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pjimage-3-1.jpg1280720***As of the writing of this piece, Leonard Bernstein is 100-years-old. Born on August 25, 1918, Bernstein (who was actually born with the name Louis, which he changed to Leonard legally at age 15), he would go on to become one of the great icons of American music. He studied at Harvard and then Curtis, and it wasn’t long before {…}