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The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein

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This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. Recorded in Israel, Vienna and later in London, it is punctuated by biographical interludes and illustrated by…

DirectorsHumphrey Burton·Peter Butler

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Cast · Directed by Humphrey Burton

LB
Leonard Bernstein
Self
JB
Janet Baker
Self
CLChrista Ludwig
Christa Ludwig
Self
EMEdith Mathis
Edith Mathis
Self
LPLucia Popp
Lucia Popp
Self
WG
Walton Grönroos
Self

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