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A new edition of Humphrey Burton''s celebrated biography of Leonard Bernstein, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. With a new introduction by the author.

Humphrey Burton''s biography remains the essential account of American music''s dominant figure.' Alex Ross

Composer, pianist, author, television teacher, Harvard lecturer, cultural icon, humanist and conductor without peer, Leonard Bernstein''s versatility was legendary. He captivated Broadway with such hits as On the Townand West Side Story and introduced middle America to classical music with his Young People''s Concerts on television. He composed three symphonies and a full-length opera, and he inspired the world''s leading orchestras to give some of the most memorable performances of the twentieth century.

Humphrey Burton was given exclusive access to Bernstein''s rich legacy of letters and papers, and the book draws on hundreds of interviews with family, frie

Leonard Bernstein

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    A Paperback / softback by Sir Humphrey Burton

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 16 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9780571337934
      978-0571337934
      ISBN-10 0571337937
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      Entertainment Art music, orchestral and formal music Composers and songwriters

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A new edition of Humphrey Burton''s celebrated biography of Leonard Bernstein, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. With a new introduction by the author.

      Humphrey Burton''s biography remains the essential account of American music''s dominant figure.' Alex Ross

      Composer, pianist, author, television teacher, Harvard lecturer, cultural icon, humanist and conductor without peer, Leonard Bernstein''s versatility was legendary. He captivated Broadway with such hits as On the Townand West Side Story and introduced middle America to classical music with his Young People''s Concerts on television. He composed three symphonies and a full-length opera, and he inspired the world''s leading orchestras to give some of the most memorable performances of the twentieth century.

      Humphrey Burton was given exclusive access to Bernstein''s rich legacy of letters and papers, and the book draws on hundreds of interviews with family, frie

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