BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Leonard Bernstein

Name: Leonard Bernstein
Brand: Reaktion Books
SKU: 9781780239101
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ISBN: 9781780239101

Contributor(s): Paul R. Laird Author Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9781780239101
Publisher	Reaktion Books
Language	English
MRP	£12.99 GBP
Page count	216

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 new biography provides a concise overview of the life and work of a prodigiously talented, endlessly enthralling and controversial musician. Drawing on more than thirty years of study, leading Bernstein scholar Paul R. Laird describes Bernstein’s work as a conductor, composer, music educator and commentator, evaluating all of his major compositions. Laird also explores the impact of Bernstein’s complicated personal life on his professional work, including his homosexuality and his strong yet difficult marriage. Featuring original insights into Bernstein’s life and work, including information gleaned from a 1982 interview with Bernstein, Laird’s book is the ideal introduction to Bernstein’s eclectic musical style and complex character, showing how both fit within the larger world of twentieth-century music.

Leonard Bernstein

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Paul R. Laird Author

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