Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician
For fans of Bradley Cooper’s film Maestro, an appreciation that gives Bernstein his due as composer as well as conductor
 
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 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.
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Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician
For fans of Bradley Cooper’s film Maestro, an appreciation that gives Bernstein his due as composer as well as conductor
 
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 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.
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Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician

Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician

by Allen Shawn
Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician

Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician

by Allen Shawn

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For fans of Bradley Cooper’s film Maestro, an appreciation that gives Bernstein his due as composer as well as conductor
 
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 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780300219852
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 03/22/2016
Series: Jewish Lives
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Allen Shawn is a composer, pianist, educator, and author who lives in Vermont and teaches composition and music history at Bennington College. His previous books include Arnold Schoenberg’s Journey and Twin: A Memoir.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1

1 Dust 15

2 A Piano 21

3 Harvard 31

4 Curtis, Tanglewood, Boston, and New York 47

Part 2

5 Wonderful Times 63

6 Age of Anxiety 90

7 Serenade 102

8 Broadway and Carnegie Hall 128

9 What Does Music Mean? 156

10 At the Center 171

11 Chichester, Vienna, Mount Scopus 196

Part 3

12 Questions and Declarations 215

13 Dybbuk 230

14 In the Garden 242

15 Regrets, Celebrations, and Goodbyes 260

Notes 281

A Note on Sources 320

Bibliography 324

Acknowledgments 331

Index 335

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