Leonard Bernstein | Leonard Bernstein

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Author: David Ewen
First Published: 1960
Time of Work: 1918–1959
Setting: New York City and Boston
Principal Characters: Leonard Bernstein, Felicia Bernstein, Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Serge Bernstein, Helen Coates, Serge Koussevitzky, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: Music or musicians, Composers, Biography, Orchestras or orchestral music, Conducting or conductors, Performing arts
Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA

David Ewen has created an authentic, well-documented biography in Leonard Bernstein: A Biography for Young People. As a result, the book also serves as a musical history of the United States for the period between 1940 and 1960. The work is arranged in a format such as might be used in writing a musical play and includes both a “Prelude” and a “Coda.” The prelude forcefully describes Bernstein’s highly successful conducting debut on November 14, 1943. It is followed by three parts, each devoted to a portion of Bernstein’s life: his childhood,...

Leonard Bernstein | Leonard Bernstein

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