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Bernstein

Bernstein

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An American conductor and composer of works like West Side Story
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbɜrnstaɪn/
: Bernstein
  • The magic of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's... ...West Side Story.
  • Leonard Bernstein

She remains attentive to each sharp and flat in Bernstein's score to his hit musical On the Town.

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Examples

  • Please tell Mr Dardis that Mr Bernstein has just left.

    All the President's Men (1976)

  • Besides, even though Leslie was his only child, Bernstein had never been that close to the boy.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • You could switch to Leonard Bernstein and probably a good idea.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • And would you say you have a different interpretation of that marriage than Bernstein did?

    TÁR (2022)

  • That's how Leonard Bernstein would do it and did do it.

  • At 2:37 by his digital clock, Bernstein awoke to the sound of sobbing.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • But I'm looking right now at an image and it's Leonard Bernstein next to Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein.

  • Nathaniel slept in pajamas, Bernstein in a Lawson YMCA T-shirt and his boxer shorts.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Leonard Bernstein was a celebrated conductor known for his passionate interpretations.

  • Many people admire Leonard Bernstein for his contributions to classical music and education.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Bernstein is a German last name that comes from the word Bernstein, which means 'amber', and the part stein means 'stone', like the English word 'stone'. So the name likely began for people who worked with amber or had warm, amber-coloured hair, and that bright image can help you remember Leonard Bernstein.