Leonard Bernstein

The Joy of Music

The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein

This brilliant and revealing self-portrait collects Bernstein's private notes, letters, essays, and musical writings to convey, as never before, the incredible energy, talent, and genius of a man who has confirmed the maturity and originality of American music. Over 100 photos.

Findings

Nigel Simeone

Presents an extraordinary selection of revealing letters to and from one of the titans of 20th-century music. 10,000 first printing.

The Leonard Bernstein Letters

Six Talks at Harvard (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

The Unanswered Question

Based on the "Omnibus" television show, Bernstein introduces the reader to the meaning and joys of music.

Joy of Music

Betty Comden

Adolph Green

Joseph A. Fields

Jerome Chodorov

(Vocal Score). Music from Wonderful Town has been out of print for more than 40 years, so we are very proud to present this new edition of the brilliant musical comedy currently running in an acclaimed Broadway revival! The music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green tell the story of two sisters who move from Ohio to Greenwich Village. After many hardships of adjustment, they find New York to be a "Wonderful Town." The original run of the show opened in 1953 and starred Rosalind Russell, and the Broadway revival, which opened on November 23, 2003, stars Donna Murphy. The cast recording is being released by DRG Records. Our Vocal Score includes all of the music from the musical.

Wonderful Town

(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 .

Chichester Psalms

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). For advanced players. Mippy II was a mongrel belonging to Bernstein's brother Burtie.

Elegy for Mippy 2

Examines the century's most unique musician and teacher, explaining clearly the joy of music in a way that grasps the attention of all.

Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts

Stephen Sondheim

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West Side Story

Carol Klose

(Piano Duet Selections). Eight piano duets from the beloved musical: America * Cool * I Feel Pretty * Maria * One Hand, One Heart * Something's Coming * Somewhere * Tonight.

Piano Duet, 1 Piano, 4 Hands

Selections from West Side Story

Jerome Robbins

Arthur Laurents

A Musical

Paul Murtha

(Band). By far the jazziest tune from Bernstein's West Side Story is the iconic Cool . Combining a medium swing style with angular riffs and a cocky attitude, here is a great sounding version for flexible instrumentation.

Cool (from West Side Story)

Stanley Wolfe

Martin Schachter

Alan Winkler

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Water and Air

(Amadeus). With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in The Infinite Variety of Music , illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. He begins with an "imaginary conversation" with George Washington entitled "The Muzak Muse," in which he argues the values of actively listening to music by learning how to read notes, as opposed to simply hearing music in a concert hall. The book also features the reproduction 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 Bernstein's analyses of symphonies by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Brahms, a rare reproduction of a 1957 lecture on the nature of composing, and a report on the musical scene written for the New York Times after his sabbatical leave from directorship of the New York Philharmonic during the 1964-65 season.

The Infinite Variety of Music

(BH Stage Works). Originally, A Quiet Place was a one-act opera in four scenes, performed after Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti , to which it is a sequel. This revised version of A Quiet Place is a three-act opera that enfolds Trouble in Tahiti within its second act in two separate parts, as flashbacks. Performance materials are available on rental from Boosey & Hawkes.

An Opera in Three Acts

A Quiet Place

This series of contemporary plays includes structured GCSE assignments for use by individuals or groups. These include questions which involve close reading, writing and discussion. This play places the "Romeo and Juliet" story in a New York gang-warfare context.

Las 15 B+leccionesB; magistrales que contiene este libro revolucionaron, ya en los anos sesenta, los fundamentos de la pedagogia de la musica. Por entonces, el prestigioso compositor y director de orquesta Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) presentaba en television sus famosos B+Conciertos para jovenesB; , y explicaba de una forma amena y didactica esos conceptos y puntos considerados aburridos o dificiles en la musica (el solfeo, el contrapunto, los acordes, que es un concierto, la musica sinfonica, como suenan los diferentes instrumentos, etc.). En esta cuidada seleccion de dichos conciertos advertiremos que, lo mas curioso, es que Bernstein, para ofrecer claridad en sus explicaciones, acude no solo a los propios clasicos sino a la musica moderna de los Beatles o al jazz. Desde su publicacion en Estados Unidos, este libro se ha convertido en la prueba contundente de que la musica no tiene por que ser solo para entendidos. El B+metodo BernsteinB; se ha venido aplicando desde entonces en los conservatorios de todo el mundo para acabar con esa ingrata ensenanza de la musica que tantas veces ha provocado rechazo. Por fin, un maravilloso libro que da la posibilidad de entender la musica de nuestros clasicos a cualquier lector, a cualquier edad.

Conciertos para Jóvenes

El Maestro Invita a un Concierto

“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 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 majority of these letters have never been published before. They have been carefully chosen to 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 correspondence from and to the remarkable conductor is full of pleasure and insights.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Exhaustive, thrilling [and] indispensable.”—USA Today (starred review)

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