Two Degrees of Lenny

Posted at 6:06 AM on April 18, 2007 by John Birge
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While the rest of the gang plays "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," let's entertain ourselves slightly differently.

Here's a fine, fond remembrance from David Raksin of the great film composer Miklos Rozsa, whose 100th birthday is today. He’s not only a great movie composer (Ben Hur, Spellbound), but he wrote a number of concert works for the likes of Heifetz and Piatagorsky. Rózsa's Theme, Variations and Finale for orchestra was on the program when Leonard Bernstein made his conducting debut.

In other birthdays, 20 candles tomorrow for a tennis virtuoso who also has a connection to Leonard Bernstein. And she is pretty – just watch!