Leonard Bernstein : an American musician / Allen Shawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shawn, Allen, author.

Series:

Jewish lives.

Jewish Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.

Bernstein, Leonard.

Musicians--United States--Biography.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical life. His creative gifts knew no boundaries as he moved easily from the podium, to the piano, to television with his nationally celebrated Young People's Concerts, which introduced an entire generation to the joy of classical music. In this fascinating new biography, the breadth of Bernstein's musical composition is explored, through the spectacular range of music he composed - from West Side Story to Kaddish to A Quiet Place and beyond- and through his intensely public role as an internationally celebrated conductor. For the first time, the composer's life and work receive a fully integrated analysis, offering a comprehensive appreciation of a multi-faceted musician who continued to grow as an artist well into his final days.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One 1.: Dust

2. A Piano

3. Harvard

4. Curtis, Tanglewood, Boston, and New York

Part Two 5. Wonderful Times

6. Age of Anxiety

7. Serenade

8. Broadway and Carnegie Hall

9. What Does Music Mean?

10. At the Center

11. Chichester, Vienna, Mount Scopus

Part Three 12. Questions and Declarations

13. Dybbuk

14. In the Garden

15. Regrets, Celebrations, and Goodbyes

Notes

A Note on Sources

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-21017-5

OCLC:

890443237