de a popular success and the earliest version of Candide available for performance. Like its hero, Candide is possibly destined to never find its perfect form or function but in the end, it might just prove to be philosophically appropriate. (Classical Insites: 2001)Leonard Bernstein still continued his incomparable work right up until the day he died. In August of 1990, he gave his final concert at Tanglewood, still impressing audiences everywhere. On October 9, he declared his retirement due to failing health, and on October 14, he died in his home in New York. (Classical Insites: 2001)Leonard Bernstein received worldwide recognition in a career spanning nearly five decades. He was an inspiring conductor and teacher as well as a wide ranging composer, author and a gifted pianist. His influences live on in modern day musicians as well as the influence of himself. The music he has created and brought to life will forever be remembered in the hearts of those he has touched and he will forever be known as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century....
