Leonard Bernstein is a household name. Most know him for his classic musical reworking of Shakespearersquo;s Romeo and Juliet as Broadwayrsquo;s West Side Story. But Bernstein accomplished so much more as a composer; and his body of work is both broad and varied. He composed ballets (Fancy Free; Facsimile; Dybbuk); operas (Trouble in Tahiti; Candide; A Quiet Place); musicals (On the Town; Wonderful Town); film scores (On the Waterfront); symphonies; choral works; chamber music pieces; art songs; and piano works. In Experiencing Leonard Bernstein: A Listenerrsquo;s Companion; Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernsteinrsquo;s famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity and balance of his Serenade after Platorsquo;s Symposium for Violin and Orchestra; the intense drama of his music for On the Waterfront; the existential cosmography of his three symphonies; and his vibrant works for the musical stage. Perhaps the most famous American classical musician born in the twentieth century; Bernstein divided his time between composing; conducting; writing; and teaching; a busy schedulemdash;especially his conducting of major orchestrasmdash;that set his work as composer at a disadvantage. Often generated in short spurts; his work carries an urgencymdash;and even an element of improvisational geniusmdash;that he flavored with his eclectic embrace of jazz; folk song; Jewish cantorial music; and innovations in contemporary classical theory. The result is a body of work that is beguilingly melodic; incomparably rhythmic; and irrepressibly individual.Experiencing Leonard Bernstein: A Listenerrsquo;s Companion is the ideal work for any reader seeking to learn how to listen across the spectrum of Bernsteinrsquo;s musical output.
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