Title: Mass (Bernstein)
Content: Mass (Bernstein) Mass (formally: MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers) is a musical theatre work composed by Leonard Bernstein with text by Bernstein and additional text and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy, it premiered on September 8, 1971, conducted by Maurice Peress and choreographed by Alvin Ailey. The performance was part of the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. "Mass" premiered in Europe in 1973, with John Mauceri conducting the Yale Symphony Orchestra in Vienna. Originally, Bernstein had intended to compose a traditional Mass, but instead

Title: Mass (Bernstein)
Content: The concept of "Mass" derived from three sources: the experience of conducting at Robert F. Kennedy's funeral in 1968 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan; the Beethoven bicentenary in Vienna in 1970; and a small piece "A Simple Song" he wrote for Franco Zeffirelli's 1972 film "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" before withdrawing from that project after three months during which time he worked with Leonard Cohen. Paul Simon was also approached for music and lyrics for "Brother Sun, Sister Moon", but he too declined. However, a quatrain he wrote while considering the commission was later presented to Bernstein for use in

Title: Leonard Bernstein
Content: Celebration in Vienna", won an Emmy and was issued on DVD in 2005. In the summer of 1970, during the Festival of London, he conducted Verdi's Requiem Mass in St. Paul's Cathedral, with the London Symphony Orchestra. Bernstein's major compositions during the 1970s were his "Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers"; his score for the ballet "Dybbuk"; his orchestral vocal work ""; and his U.S. bicentenary musical "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" written with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner which was his first real theatrical flop, and last original Broadway show. The world premiere of Bernstein's "MASS" took place

Title: Mass (Bernstein)
Content: in 1987 by the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, with Peter Cousens as the Celebrant, conducted by Ronald Smart, in Brisbane in 1986 by the Brisbane Chorale, in Melbourne in 1989 by the State Orchestra of Victoria, and in Adelaide at the 52nd Intervarsity Choral Festival in 2001. The Philadelphia Orchestra presented a staged version of "Mass" at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, April 30-May 3, 2015. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted and Kevin Vortmann sang the role of the Celebrant. The production was recorded by Deutsche Grammophon and released in 2018, as part of the Bernstein Centenary celebrations. The

Title: Leonard Bernstein
Content: on September 8, 1971. Commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., it was partly intended as an anti-war statement. Hastily written in places, the work represented a fusion not only of different religious traditions (Latin liturgy, Hebrew prayer, and plenty of contemporary English lyrics) but also of different musical styles, including classical and rock music. It was originally a target of criticism from the Roman Catholic Church on the one hand and contemporary music critics who objected to its Broadway/populist elements on the other. In the present

Question: In 1971 Leonard Bernstein wrote a Mass in whose memory?
Answer: John F. Kennedy