"With their intellectual brilliance, humor and wonderful eye for detail, Leonard Bernstein's letters blow all biographies out of the water."— The Economist (2013 Book of the Year)Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician—a brilliant conductor who attained international superstar status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals ( West Side Story), symphonies ( Age of Anxiety), choral wor...

"In Bernsteins Konzerte gingen die Leute auch, wenn er der schlechteste Dirigent der Welt wäre", sagte einst Arturo Toscanini. Die Begeisterung für Musik begleitete Leonard Bernstein von klein auf – und übertrug sich später bei zahlreichen Auftritten nahtlos auf sein Publikum. Mit 25 Jahren hatte Leonard Bernstein seinen ersten großen Auftritt: Als Dirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra sprang er kurzfristig für den erkrankten Bruno Walter ein – der Beginn einer beispiellosen Weltkar...

A dazzling conductor and prodigiously talented composer whose passion for music inspired generations of musicians, Leonard Bernstein is one of the most famous figures in American musical history. Now, acclaimed conductor and musical director John Mauceri, who worked with and learned from Bernstein for eighteen years, gives us an intimate portrait of the beloved maestro.Mauceri warmly recounts delightful stories from his years of world travel and continuous creation...

Las 15 «lecciones» magistrales que contiene este libro revolucionaron, ya en los años sesenta, la manera de enseñar música. En ese momento, el prestigioso compositor y director de orquesta Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) presentaba en televisión sus famosos Conciertos para jóvenes, y explicaba de una forma amena y didáctica esos conceptos y puntos considerados aburridos o difíciles en la música: el solfeo, el contrapunto, los acordes, qué es un concierto, la música sinfónica, cómo s...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein expresses his belief in the potential of people to create change, in "The Mountain Disappears," his contribution to NPR's This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to ...

"Interspersed with [a] wealth of well-considered commentary are the smart and affectionate recollections of Burton Bernstein. . . . A flat-out wonderful book." — Booklist, starred reviewOne of the most gifted, celebrated, scrutinized, and criticized musicians of the twentieth century, Leonard Bernstein made his legendary conducting debut at the New York Philharmonic in 1943, at age twenty-five. A year later, he became a sensation on Broadway with the premie...

From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. In this fresh and revealing biography of Bernstein's political life, Barry Seldes examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950, voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted, signing a humiliating affidavit to regain his passport - and the factors that by the mid...

Seit jenem New Yorker Konzert vom 14. November 1943, an dem der 25jährige Leonard Bernstein für Bruno Walter einsprang, ist eine Musikerpersönlichkeit ganz besonderer Art in den Kreis der Meister des Taktstocks getreten. Obschon seine Eltern jüdische Emigranten aus Russland waren, ist er der erste große Dirigent, den die USA hervorgebracht haben und der ganz dort aufgewachsen ist. Wie kein anderer hat er sich für die amerikanische Musik unserer Zeit eingesetzt und sie an unzähligen Konzert...

Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical life. His creative gifts knew no boundaries as he moved easily from the podium, to the piano, to television with his nationally celebrated Young People’s Concerts, which introduced an entire generation to the joy of classical music. In this fascinating new biography, the breadth of Bernstein’s musical composition is explored, through the spectacular range of music he composed—from West Side Story to ...

In the history of classical music, few figures have left as profound an imprint as Leonard Bernstein, an iconic American conductor and composer. Bernstein's life, spanning from his birth on August 25, 1918, to his passing on October 14, 1990, encapsulates an era of musical innovation and social change. Renowned for his charismatic podium presence, Bernstein held pivotal roles with prestigious orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, and the Israel Philharmonic Orc...

Leonard Bernstein was one of twentieth-century music’s most successful and recognizable figures. In a career spanning five decades, he conducted many of the world’s leading orchestras and composed scores for landmark musicals such as West Side Story. With an iron self-belief, he negotiated risky and challenging musical situations that resulted in always passionate, if sometimes mixed, reviews. Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of Bernstein’s birth, this engaging...

Beginning with an introductory essay on his achievements, it continues with annotations on Bernstein's voluminous writings, performances, educational work, and major secondary sources.