Perhaps best-known for the musical West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein was one of the most accomplished and influential musicians of the 20th century. For fifteen years, beginning in 1958, Bernstein attempted to turn the youth of America on to music through a series of televised performances called Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts. Using pieces by such legendary composers as Mozart, Gershwin, Mahler, Wagner, and Brahms, Bernstein illustrates some of the more comedic elements of music in this episode. Originally broadcast February 28, 1959, Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: Humor in Music also includes the work of eight other famous composers. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi