Experiencing Leonard Bernstein - A Listener''s Companion

Informationen zum Autor By Kenneth LaFave Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor ForewordAcknowledgmentsTimelineIntroductionChapter 1: Father, Son, and MusicChapter 2: CelebrityChapter 3: Age of AnxietyChapter 4: Trouble In Tahiti and Wonderful TownChapter 5: On The Waterfront and Serenade After Plato's SymposiumChapter 6: CandideChapter 7: West Side StoryChapter 8: Kaddish and Chichester PsalmsChapter 9: Mass and the Norton LecturesChapter 10: Last Works And LegacySelected ReadingSelected ListeningIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth LaFave, LaFave Kenneth
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780810895188
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9518-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; 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