Leonard Bernstein, American music’s maestro, could be as tyrannical as he was brilliant.

Video corrections:

1. Bernstein was pronounced ‘Bern-STINE’ by Lenny.

In this video, his name is pronounced ‘Bern-STEEN’. The New York Times, in its article ‘ON LANGUAGE: STINE OR STEEN’ cites ‘Bern-STEEN’ as correct. Still, in this video, he is referred to as ‘Bern-STEEN’ by only one subject, but ‘BERN-STINE’ by the rest. Given the majority are in the ‘STINE’ camp, and this was how Lenny pronounced his name, we should have gone with STINE.

2. 9:28: Digital → Analogue.

3. Lenny was born in Lawrence, MA. He didn't move to New York until 1942.

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Bernstein’s biography, now the subject of the Bradley Cooper directed movie, is electrifyingly inspiring for musicians, artists, filmmakers and creators of all kinds.

Lenny made music cool.

He was one of the great modern conductors and composers of classical and contemporary work.

From West Side Story (recently adapted by Steven Spielberg) to Gershwin, Beethoven to Mahler, calling out students and breaking down vocalists who weren’t at his tempo, Bernstein was brilliant, harsh and driven by nothing but love for music.

The Maestro movie, directed by Bradley Cooper, stars Carey Mulligan, with Bradley Cooper as Bernstein. Written by Josh Singer and directed by Cooper, Maestro marks Cooper’s second movie after A Star is Born, which featured Lady Gaga.

Our video features gems of Stephen Sondheim, Duke Ellington, Marin Alsop, Jerry Hadley and Yo-Yo Ma and comparisons to contemporaries Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.

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Watch the real maestro: Leonard Bernstein conducts Mahler

In his latest film, "Maestro," director Bradley Cooper stars as legendary conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein. The Netflix film (which opens in theaters November 22) features a recreation of Bernstein leading a historic performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, the "Resurrection Symphony." In this archival footage of the 1973 performance, recently restored, Leonard Bernstein leads the London Symphony Orchestra in the conclusion of Mahler's 2nd, with soprano Sheila Armstrong, mezzo-soprano Janet Baker, and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.