In 1971, the year he became the first music critic to receive the Pulitzer Prize, Harold Schoenberg wrote of the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's MASS: "So this MASS is with it -- this week? But what about next year?" Bernstein, though lavishly honored during his lifetime by those who admired and respected his music, his music-making, and the comet-like intensity of his life force, was never awarded the Pulitzer, and it wasn't until 1981 that the American Academy of Arts and Letters invited him t...
In 1971, the year he became the first music critic to receive the Pulitzer Prize, Harold Schoenberg wrote of the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's MASS: "So this MASS is with it -- this week? But what about next year?" Bernstein, though lavishly honored during his lifetime by those who admired and respected his music, his music-making, and the comet-like intensity of his life force, was never awarded the Pulitzer, and it wasn't until 1981 that the American Academy of Arts and Letters invited him t...
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