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Experiencing Leonard Bernstein - A Listener''s Companion

English · Hardback

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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.

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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

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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
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
Subject Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous

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