CBS Music


CBS Music is a 1976 composition by Leonard Bernstein.
It was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the CBS television network. The notes of the piece spell out 'CBS' with the E flat pronounced 'S' in German. The score of CBS Music was subsequently withdrawn by Bernstein, and he reused parts of it in his piece Halil: Nocturne.
It was orchestrated by Sid Ramin and arranged by Jack Gottlieb.
The first and last movements of the CBS Music were premiered on CBS TV on 1 April 1978 during the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the channel. It was recorded by Marin Alsop with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in a 2018 recording for Naxos Records.

Movements

  1. "Fanfare and Titles"
  2. "Quiet Music"
  3. "Blues"
  4. "Waltz"
  5. "Chorale"