Leonard Bernstein

Informationen zum Autor Paul Myers is a freelance classical record producer whose work for Decca and Colombia (now Sony) and Naxos brought him into contact with Bernstein over many years. Klappentext Leonard Bernstein (1918-90), creator of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story , was the best loved and most successful conductor of his generation. He inspired fellow American musicians, being the first native American to direct a major American orchestra, and the first to conquer Europe. This biography covers all aspects of Bernstein's career, from his extraordinary early rise to fame as a conductor to his work as a world-famous composer, including his musicals and the score for On the Waterfront . It examines the paradoxes of a man who was brilliant, articulate, witty and charming but could also be vain, egocentric and demanding. 'Paul Myers writes concisely and entertainingly...will make readers long to hear the music.' (Times Literary Supplement) 'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman) Zusammenfassung Leonard Bernstein (1918–90), creator of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story , was the best loved and most successful conductor of his generation. He inspired fellow American musicians, being the first native American to direct a major American orchestra, and the first to conquer Europe. This biography covers all aspects of Bernstein’s career, from his extraordinary early rise to fame as a conductor to his work as a world-famous composer, including his musicals and the score for On the Waterfront . It examines the paradoxes of a man who was brilliant, articulate, witty and charming but could also be vain, egocentric and demanding.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Myers, Myers Paul
• Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2009
• EAN: 9780714837017
• ISBN: 978-0-7148-3701-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Series: 20th Century Composers; MUSIC GENERAL; 20th-Century Composers; 20th Century Composers; MUSIC GENERAL
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music