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Bernstein on the Blues – The New York Times

2010-02-15 ~ Mark

Video of Leonard Bernstein finding iambic pentameter in blues lyrics, then inventing a brief tune out of an excerpt from Macbeth.

Bernstein on the Blues – The New York Times

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