Designed for students, aficionados of classical music, and historians, this volume offers a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary and comprehensive view of one of the most important musicians of the twentieth century at his 100th anniversary. Scholars from diverse backgrounds and fields have contributed rich insights into Bernstein's life and work in an approachable style, shedding light on Bernstein's social, professional and ideological contexts including his contemporaries and rivals on Broadway, his artistic collaborations, his celebrity status as a conductor on the international concert circuit, and his involvement in music education via broadcasting. From his early education, through his conducting and composing careers, to his fame as musical and cultural ambassador to the world, this book views Bernstein the man and the artist and provides a fascinating overview of American classical music culture during Bernstein's long career in the public spotlight.
Edited by:
Elizabeth A. Wells (Mount Allison University Canada)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 159mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9781108835701
ISBN 10: 1108835708
Series: Composers in Context
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 28 March 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I. Bernstein's World: 1. Education Paul R. Laird; 2. Mishkan Tefila Ann Glazer Niren; 3. Jewishness Mark Kligman; 4. Sexuality, relationships, and family life Nadine Hubbs; 5. Civil Rights activist and Vietnam War resister Barry Seldes; 6. The Cold War, democracy, and hope Sally Bick; Part II. Conducting: 7. Conducting choreography Daniel Callahan; 8. Mahler before and after Bernstein Megan Francisco; 9. Interactions among three mavericks in the 1960s Rob Haskins; 10. Conductor/pianist Jennifer Del Motte; Part III. Composition, Creation, and Reception: 11. The crisis of faith Michael Slon; 12. Popular music Katherine Baber; 13. American sound Paul R. Laird; 14. Exotic evocations: Latin America, Polynesia, and the Middle East (including Israel) Ralph P. Locke; 15. Opera Ralph P. Locke; 16. Women, gender, and sexuality Elizabeth L. Keathley; 17. Film Anthony Bushard; 18. Early shows Helen Smith; 19. Late shows J. Daniel Jenkins; Part IV. Bernstein as Musical and Cultural Ambassador: 20. Music appreciation Dominic Broomfield-McHugh; 21. Omnibus Dorothy Glick Maglione; 22. The Young People's Concerts Alicia Kopfstein; 23. Israel Erica Argyropoulos; 24. The USSR Emily Abrams Ansari; 25. Asia Mari Yoshihara; 26. Latin America Hermann Hudde; Part V. Connections: 27. Aaron Copland Sophie Redfern; 28. Stephen Schwartz Paul R. Laird; 29. Stephen Sondheim Dominic Broomfield-McHugh; 30. Kurt Weill Rebecca Schmid; 31. Jerome Robbins Dustyn Martincich; 32. William Schuman Steven R. Swayne; 33. Marc Blitzstein Maria Cristina Fava; Part VI. The Legacy: 34. Composing legacy Stephen Banfield; 35. Conducting legacy Tim Page; 36. The Library of Congress Janet S. McKinney and Caitlin Miller; 37. Major writings Paul R. Laird; 38. The New York Philharmonic Matthew Mugmon; 39. Columbia Records and Deutsche Grammophon Nigel Simeone; 40. Cultural icon D. Kern Holoman.
Elizabeth A. Wells is former Pickard-Bell Chair in Music at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. A noted Bernstein and Sondheim scholar, her first book, West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical (2010) won the American Musicological Society's Music in American Culture Award.
