Experiencing Leonard Bernstein - A Listener''s Companion

In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernstein's famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity and balance of his Serenade after Plato's Symposium for Violin and Orchestra, the intense drama of his music for On the Waterfront, the existential cosmography of his three symphonies, and his vibrant works for the musical stage.

List of contents

Series Editor Foreword
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction
Chapter 1: Father, Son, and Music
Chapter 2: Celebrity
Chapter 3: Age of Anxiety
Chapter 4: Trouble In Tahiti and Wonderful Town
Chapter 5: On The Waterfront and Serenade After Plato's Symposium
Chapter 6: Candide
Chapter 7: West Side Story
Chapter 8: Kaddish and Chichester Psalms
Chapter 9: Mass and the Norton Lectures
Chapter 10: Last Works And Legacy
Selected Reading
Selected Listening
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Kenneth LaFave

Summary

In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernstein’s famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity and balance of his Serenade after Plato’s Symposium for Violin and Orchestra, the intense drama of his music for On the Waterfront, the existential cosmography of his three symphonies, and his vibrant works for the musical stage.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth LaFave, LaFave Kenneth
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2014
• EAN: 9781442235434
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3543-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Composers and songwriters, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music