{"id":11251,"date":"2023-03-20T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2023-03-20T13:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:56:05","slug":"leonard-bernstein-conducts-orchestra-using-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/03\/20\/leonard-bernstein-conducts-orchestra-using-eyebrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Bernstein Conducts an Orchestra Using Only His Eyebrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11252\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/Leonard-Bernstein.jpg\" alt=\"Leonard Bernstein\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leonard Bernstein in 1973. Courtesy Allan Warren\/WikiCommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To get the Vienna Philharmonic to play well, Leonard Bernstein didn&#8217;t even need to use his baton.<\/p>\n<p>Listen as Bernstein directs the orchestra through Haydn&#8217;s Symphony No. 88, using only his eyebrows (and the occasional smile and grimace) to convey his intentions for pace and dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>Very cool stuff:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Look Ma No Hands! Leonard Bernstein at his best...\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G7_6Z33eCaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get the Vienna Philharmonic to play well, Leonard Bernstein didn&#8217;t even need to use his baton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,196,231],"tags":[236],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/Leonard-Bernstein.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11253,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11251\/revisions\/11253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11251"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}