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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 (C, B and E) spell out 'CBS' with the E pronounced 'S' in German. The score of CBS Music was subsequently withdrawn by Bernstein, and he reused parts of it in his piece '.

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

There are five movements:

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