Leon Botstein, in Harper's (May 1983),
P.O. Box 2620, Boulder, Colo. 80321.
Despite his unrivaled stature in American music, Leonard Bernstein has never become the artist he could have been. Having just reached 65, Bernstein has one "last chance" for greatness, says Botstein, president of Bard College.
Bernstein's accomplishments are legion. His Omnibus TV shows of the 1950s and '60s popularized classical music in America and made him a celebrity. Like German composer Kurt Weill and...