PHILADELPHIA " In October 1979, Leonard Bernstein received a fan letter from a high school humanities teacher. Helen Morgan wrote to the celebrity composer-conductor-pianist in hopes he could share the theme that guided his compositions " something she could pass along to her students for inspiration."There are far more than one 'central theme' within my body of works," Bernstein wrote in reply. "But if I had to choo…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:00AM on March 18, 2018