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"From his early education, through his conducting and composing careers, to his fame as musical and cultural ambassador to the world, this book introduces Bernstein the man and the artist and provides fascinating insights into American classical music and musical theatre culture during Bernstein's long career in the public spotlight"--
List of contents
Part I. Bernstein's World: 1. Education Paul R. Laird; 2. Mishkan Tefila Ann Glazer Niren; 3. Jewishness Mark Kligman; 4. Sexuality, relationships, and family life Nadine Hubbs; 5. Civil Rights activist and Vietnam War resister Barry Seldes; 6. The Cold War, democracy, and hope Sally Bick; Part II. Conducting: 7. Conducting choreography Daniel Callahan; 8. Mahler before and after Bernstein Megan Francisco; 9. Interactions among three mavericks in the 1960s Rob Haskins; 10. Conductor/pianist Jennifer Del Motte; Part III. Composition, Creation, and Reception: 11. The crisis of faith Michael Slon; 12. Popular music Katherine Baber; 13. American sound Paul R. Laird; 14. Exotic evocations: Latin America, Polynesia, and the Middle East (including Israel) Ralph P. Locke; 15. Opera Ralph P. Locke; 16. Women, gender, and sexuality Elizabeth L. Keathley; 17. Film Anthony Bushard; 18. Early shows Helen Smith; 19. Late shows J. Daniel Jenkins; Part IV. Bernstein as Musical and Cultural Ambassador: 20. Music appreciation Dominic Broomfield-McHugh; 21. Omnibus Dorothy Glick Maglione; 22. The Young People's Concerts Alicia Kopfstein; 23. Israel Erica Argyropoulos; 24. The USSR Emily Abrams Ansari; 25. Asia Mari Yoshihara; 26. Latin America Hermann Hudde; Part V. Connections: 27. Aaron Copland Sophie Redfern; 28. Stephen Schwartz Paul R. Laird; 29. Stephen Sondheim Dominic Broomfield-McHugh; 30. Kurt Weill Rebecca Schmid; 31. Jerome Robbins Dustyn Martincich; 32. William Schuman Steven R. Swayne; 33. Marc Blitzstein Maria Cristina Fava; Part VI. The Legacy: 34. Composing legacy Stephen Banfield; 35. Conducting legacy Tim Page; 36. The Library of Congress Janet S. McKinney and Caitlin Miller; 37. Major writings Paul R. Laird; 38. The New York Philharmonic Matthew Mugmon; 39. Columbia Records and Deutsche Grammophon Nigel Simeone; 40. Cultural icon D. Kern Holoman.
About the author
Elizabeth A. Wells is former Pickard-Bell Chair in Music at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. A noted Bernstein and Sondheim scholar, her first book, West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical (2010) won the American Musicological Society's Music in American Culture Award.
Summary
From his early education, through his conducting and composing careers, to his fame as musical and cultural ambassador to the world, this book introduces Bernstein the man and the artist and provides fascinating insights into American classical music and musical theatre culture during Bernstein's long career in the public spotlight.
