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1948

Bernstein departing for Israel to assume duties as musical director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). He is carrying recordings he made with American orchestras to present to the IPO Music Library. The recordings include Gershwin's An American in Paris. Marc Blitzstein's Airborne Symphony and Igor Stravinsky's L'histoire du Soldat. September 17, 1948. Photograph source: Enell, Inc. (Music Division)

Bernstein playing Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at a concert for the armed forces during the Israeli War of Independence. Beersheba, November 1948. Photographer unidentified. (Music Division)

Bernstein with his class of conducting auditors at Tanglewood, summer 1948. © Made available on-line with permission from the family of photographer Howard S. Babbitt, Jr. (Music Division)

Bernstein at the ranch of Frieda Lawrence, widow of the writer D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) in Taos, New Mexico, 1948. Photographer unidentified. (Music Division)

Bernstein at Tanglewood, 1948. Photographer: Victor Kraft/Wayne Lazarus. (Music Division)

Bernstein at the ranch of Frieda Lawrence, widow of the writer D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) in Taos, New Mexico, 1948. Photographer unidentified. (Music Division)

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