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Classical composerconductor leonard bernstein periodically had tried his hand at writing broadway musicals, starting with on the town 1944 and continuing with wonderful town, 1953, not to mention, less than a year earlier, candide, a musically magnificent, dramatically unsuccessful effort. Leonard bernstein west side story download free sheet music and. Somewhere west side story one hand, one heart west side story maria west side story arrangements of this song. But none of these was as ambitious as west side story, a score that is infused with bernsteins. Bernstein west side story complete vocal score j3nowyypp34d. West side story is the soundtrack to the 1961 film west side story. Bernstein west side story complete vocal score free ebook download as pdf file. The feuding families become two warring new york city gangsthe white jets led by riff and the latino sharks, led by bernardo. A careerdefining milestone for every single member of its towering creative team laurents, bernstein, sondheim, and robbins west side story reimagined the most enduring love story ever written as a contemporary musical, complete with formshattering stagecraft and a score for the ages. West side story is a 1961 film directed by robert wise and jerome robbins.
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Directed and choreographed by jerome robbins, the show was written by composer leonard bernstein, librettist arthur laurents, and lyricist stephen sondheim. The moment the curtain rose on west side story on broadway, musical theatre was at once changed forever. Now its back, and mesmerizing audiences once again. West side story transports the tale of shakespeares romeo and juliet to modern times on the turbulent streets of the upper west side in new york city.
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