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For fans of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, an extraordinary selection of revealing letters to and from one of the titans of 20th-century music “Leonard Bernstein’s letters blow all biographies out of the water. . . . Full of fresh information and the authentic voice of a constant seeker.”—The Economist “The book . . . is fascinating, enlightening and a veritable page-turner that will keep you up nights, ruin your sleep and wreak all sorts of havoc for 600 pages.”—Steve Suskin, Playbill Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician—a brilliant conductor who attained international super-star status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals (West Side Story), symphonies (Age of Anxiety), choral works (Chichester Psalms), film scores (On the Waterfront), and much more. Bernstein was also an enthusiastic letter writer, and this book is the first to present a wide-ranging selection of his correspondence. The letters have been selected for the insights they offer into the passions of his life—musical and personal—and the extravagant scope of his musical and extra-musical activities. Bernstein’s letters tell much about this complex man, his collaborators, his mentors, and others close to him. His galaxy of correspondents encompassed, among others, Aaron Copland,Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Thornton Wilder, Boris Pasternak, Bette Davis, Adolph Green, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and family members, including his wife, Felicia, and his sister Shirley. The letters, many of which have never been published before, demonstrate the breadth of Bernstein’s musical interests, his constant struggle to find the time to compose, his turbulent and complex sexuality, his political activities, and his endless capacity for hard work. Beyond all this, these writings provide a glimpse of the man behind the legends: his humanity, warmth, volatility, intellectual brilliance, wonderful eye for descriptive detail, and humor.

The aesthetic origins and directions of music are explored, touching upon concepts and visualizations from such fields as poetry, linguistics, and physics

(BH Large Choral). Every summer the Cathedral of Chicester, in Sussex, England, joins forces with its neighbors, Winchester and Salisbury, to produce a music festival. For its 1965 Festival, Leonard Bernstein was commissioned to write these Psalms .

On January 18 1958 the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation aired the first of Leonard Bernstein's 53 ÊYoung People's ConcertsÊ with the New York Philharmonic. So successful were these performance lessons that they ran for over a decade on television. This book brings back into print a classic collection of the best of the best of these Emmy and Peabody Award-winning lectures. A total of 15 lectures are presented here in full. Here is the century's most unique musician and teacher explaining beautifully and clearly the joy of music in a way that grasps the attention of all. Every aspect of music is so cleverly presented that everyone regardless of age culture or educational background will enjoy and understand it.

With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms, illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers.He begins with an 'imaginary conversation' with George Washington in which he argues the values of actively listening to by learning to read notes, as opposed to simply hearing music in a concert hall. It also features reproductions of five television scripts from Bernstein on the influence of jazz, the timeless appeal of Mozart, musical romanticism, and the complexities of rhythmic innovation.Also included are his analyses of symphonies by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Brahms; a rare reproduction of a 1957 lecture on the nature of composing.

Leonard Bernstein moderierte als Dirigent der New Yorker Philharmoniker die TV-Sendung "Young People?s Concert", um jungen Leuten die Grundlagen der Musik zu vermitteln. Auf Wunsch unzähliger Zuschauer entstand eine Buchfassung, die bald ebenso populär war wie die Fernsehauftritte. Charmant und mit höchster fachlicher Autorität gelang es Bernstein, auch dem Unmusikalischen Themen und Variationen klassischer wie moderner Musik nahe zu bringen. Dieses Buch musste vertont werden. Gesprochen von Elke Heidenreich, musikalisch begleitet vom Leiter der Kölner Kinderoper Christian Schuller, produziert zusammen mit dem Westdeutschen Rundfunk, hat "Konzert für junge Leute" die bestmögliche Form der Hörbuch-Inszenierung gefunden. Es ist eine Hommage an Leonard Bernstein und eine Bühne für die vielfältigen Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten von Musik. Der Text, den Leonard Bernstein Anfang der Sechziger Jahre schrieb, blüht vor Fantasie. Die ausgewählten Beispiele wiederum sind ein Feuerwerk von Klängen, die den Zauber von Musik hörbar machen. Instrumente können in Rollen schlüpfen. Mit Musik lassen sich Geschichten erzählen und Bilder wachrufen. Klassik - von Elke Heidenreich und ihren Kollegen aufs Schönste zum Sprechen gebracht. Sie könnte das Motto der Hörbuchfassung lauten: ein zauberhaftes Projekt, zu dessen Verwirklichung allen Beteiligten herzlich gedankt sei! Die Sprecherin: Elke Heidenreich ist Rundfunkmoderatorin, Autorin von Fernsehspielen, parodistische Kommentatorin, Talkshowmasterin, Zeitschriftenkolumnistin und Schriftstellerin (u.a. "Kolonien der Liebe", "Nero Corleone") - last but not least ist sie sehr gefragt und erfolgreich als Hörbuchautorin und als Sprecherin. Gekürzte Lesung - nach einer Auswahl von Elke Heidenreich.