Word: bernstein
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first appearance in Palestine of Manhattan's brilliant young (28) Conductor Leonard Bernstein (TIME, Feb. 24), whose admirers have made him a kind of Sinatra of symphony. But he had never seen anything like this. Partly the ovation was Jewish pride in him: the audience was all Jewish-not a single British soldier, policeman or government official was there...
When he walked onto the platform in awkward, quick steps, Bernstein was greeted by waves of applause that didn't subside until, just as awkwardly, he turned around and lifted his hands to begin Schumann's Symphony No. 2. Some said the ovation overshadowed the greeting given Toscanini when he conducted the orchestra's first concert...
Between the wars the Club went its informal way reaching peaks of furious activity when it numbered men like Virgil Thomson '22 and Leonard Bernstein '39 in its midst and at other times lapsing into sociable lethargy. For a while many of the meetings were held in the home of Edward Ballantine '07, associate professor of Music and then moving spirit of the club...
Speaking for the victorious Ithacans on the affirmative of the topic: "Resolved, That there should be a guaranteed annual wage in industry" were Arthur Bernstein and Herbert Madison. Edward F. Burke '50 and Elton McNeil '49 defended the negative for the Council. Bernstein was unanimously chosen the best speaker...
Winners of matches played at the Y.M.C.U. were John A. Moore, of Eliot House, and William H. Watts '50. Niel Bernstein 2L drew in his match, while Julian J. Leavitt '49 dropped his contest. The match between George Price '44, and Monthero of the Bolyston Club, was incomplete and will be finished next week...