List of awards and nominations received by Leonard Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American composer and conductor.
Over the course of his distinguished career he won 16 Grammy Awards (including one for Lifetime Achievement), 7 Emmy Awards and 2 Tony Awards over his lifetime. His awards are both for his conducting and his compositions. He also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the Elia Kazan drama film On the Waterfront (1954).
Bernstein is also a member of both the American Theater Hall of Fame[5] and the Television Hall of Fame.[6] In 2015, he was inducted into the Legacy Walk.[7] He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1980 and was offered but declined the National Medal of the Arts.
He also received numerous honors including the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1951[8] the Fellow at the MacDowell 1962, 1970, 1972,[9] the Sonning Award (Denmark) in 1965, the Ditson Conductor's Award in 1958, the George Peabody Medal – Johns Hopkins University in 1980, the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1987, the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (UK) in 1987, the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1987[10]
Major associations
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1954 | Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | On the Waterfront | Nominated |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry.
Primetime Emmy Award | ||||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
1957 | Best Male Personality- Continuing Performance | Himself | Nominated | |
Best Musical Contribution for Television | Omnibus | Won | ||
1958 | Won | |||
1961 | Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music for Television | Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic | Won | |
1965 | Outstanding Musical Program | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein | Won | |
1972 | Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Classical Music | Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna | Won | |
1973 | Outstanding Single Program – Classical Music | Bernstein in London Special of the Week | Nominated | |
1975 | Outstanding Classical Music Program | Bernstein at Tanglewood | Nominated | |
1976 | Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic | Won | ||
1982 | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Bernstein/Beethoven | Nominated | |
1984 | Bernstein: Conductor, Soloist and Teacher | Nominated | ||
1985 | Bernstein Conducts "West Side Story" | Nominated | ||
1987 | Outstanding Individual Achievement – Classical Music-Dance Programming- Performing | Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | Won |
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States (formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences or NARAS) for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958.
Tony Awards
The Tony Awards recognize achievements in Broadway theatre. The awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, were first held in 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1953 | Best Musical | Wonderful Town | Won | |
1957 | Best Musical | Candide | Nominated | |
1958 | Best Musical | West Side Story | Nominated | |
1969 | Special Tony Award | Won |
Honorary accolades
Kennedy Center Honors
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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1980 | Himself | Kennedy Center Honors | Won |
National Medal of Arts
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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1989 | Himself | National Medal of Arts | Declined |
In 1989, Leonard Bernstein refused his award, allegedly due to how a federal grant to an art show on AIDS had been revoked.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Leonard Bernstein". Television Academy.
- ^ "Leonard Bernstein". GRAMMY.com. November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Winners".
- ^ "The Tony Award Nominations".
- ^ "Members". Theater Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Honorees". Television Academy.
- ^ Melissa Wasserman (October 14, 2015). "Legacy Walk unveils five new bronze memorial plaques". Windy City Times.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-06-18. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ Leonard Bernstein, MacDowell Colony
- ^ "MacDowell Medal winners 1960-2011". The Telegraph. April 13, 2011. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022.
- ^ Kimmelman, Michael (November 15, 1989). "Leonard Bernstein Refuses The National Medal of Arts". The New York Times.
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- Awards
- Trouble in Tahiti (1951)
- Candide (1956)
- A Quiet Place (1983)
- On the Town (1944)
- "New York, New York"
- "Lonely Town"
- Peter Pan (1950)
- Wonderful Town (1953)
- "Ohio"
- West Side Story (1957)
- "A Boy Like That"
- "America"
- "Cool"
- "Gee, Officer Krupke"
- "I Feel Pretty"
- "Maria"
- "One Hand, One Heart"
- "Something's Coming"
- "Somewhere"
- Tonight"
- "Tonight Quintet"
- A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958, collaboration)
- The Race to Urga (1968)
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976)
- The Madwoman of Central Park West (1979, contribution)
- Fancy Free (1944)
- Dybbuk (1974)
- Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah) (1942)
- Symphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety) (1948–49, revised 1965)
- Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish) (1963)
- Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (1961)
- CBS Music (1976)
- Slava! A Political Overture (1977)
- Divertimento (1980)
- Concerto for Orchestra (1986, 1988, 1989, originally Jubilee Games)
- Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (1948)
- Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" (1954)
- Ḥalil (1981)
- Piano Trio (1937)
- Clarinet Sonata (1942)
- Dance Suite (1989)
- Hashkiveinu (1945)
- Chichester Psalms (1965)
- "Olympic Hymn" (1981)
- Missa Brevis (1988)
- Psalm 148 (art song, 1935)
- I Hate Music (song cycle, 1943)
- La Bonne Cuisine (song cycle, 1947)
- "So Pretty" (1968)
- Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra (1977)
- "My Twelve Tone Melody" (1988)
- Non troppo presto (Music for the Dance No. 1) (1937)
- Music for the Dance No. 2 (1938)
- Sonata for the Piano (1938)
- Anniversaries (1942—1988)
- Seven Ann. (1942–43)
- Four Ann. (1948)
- Five Ann. (1949–51)
- Thirteen Ann. (1988)
- Four Sabras (ca. 1950)
- Bridal Suite (1960)
- Touches (1980)
- The Lark (incidental music) (1955)
- Mass (1971)
- Opening Prayer (1986)
- On the Town (1949 film)
- West Side Story (1961 film)
- West Side Story (2021 film)
- Academy for the Love of Learning
- Artful Learning
- Bernstein–Mahler cycle
- Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
- Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
- New York Philharmonic concert of April 6, 1962
- Pacific Music Festival
- The Unanswered Question (lecture series)
- Young People's Concerts
- Maestro (2023 film)
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