Editing Leonard Bernstein (section)

=== Anti-Vietnam war efforts ===
[[File:Program from "A Concert For Peace at Washington Cathedral," January 19, 1973.jpg|thumb|Program from "A Concert For Peace at Washington Cathedral", January 19, 1973]]
On January 21, 1968, Bernstein and [[Paul Newman]] co-hosted "Broadway for Peace" at Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall to support the Congressional Peace Campaign Committee, which funded congressional campaigns opposing the Vietnam War. For the occasion, Bernstein composed a song, "[[So Pretty (song)|So Pretty]]", sung by [[Barbra Streisand]] accompanied by Bernstein on the piano.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbra Archives {{!}} Broadway For Peace 1968 Concert |url=https://www.barbra-archives.info/broadway-for-peace-1968 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=www.barbra-archives.info}}</ref>

On January 19, 1973, Bernstein conducted members of the [[National Symphony Orchestra]] in a "Concert of Peace" at the [[Washington National Cathedral]]. The free performance of Haydn's [[Missa in tempore belli|''Mass in Time of War'']], which took place on the eve of the [[second inauguration of Richard Nixon]], was in protest of Nixon's failure to bring an end to the Vietnam War.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Episode 10: A Plea for Peace: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Nixon, and the Music of the 1973 Inauguration|website=The Echo Chamber|url=http://theechochamberpodcast.com/a-plea-for-peace-leonard-bernstein-richard-nixon-and-the-music-of-the-1973-inauguration/|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205195937/http://theechochamberpodcast.com/a-plea-for-peace-leonard-bernstein-richard-nixon-and-the-music-of-the-1973-inauguration/|url-status=dead}}</ref>