It’s a birthday celebration of Elmer Bernstein – one of the most prolific American composers of film music. Credited with created some of the most iconic scores in Hollywood, Bernstein has worked on over 150 films and 80 television shows, including among others The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Guest artist Elmer Bernstein conducts the U.S. Air Force Band in the last of a series of spring concerts at Constitution Hall. (Photo: MSGT Deal Toney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
