“A composer and pianist himself, shares Bernstein’s contempt for the high-/low-culture debate. Craving attention both on the podium and off, 'he may have been an inveterate show-off at a party, but on paper he was precise and serious.' Shawn’s musical analyses vie with his chronicling of Bernstein’s eclecticism: his progressive politics, teaching ability, sexual conflicts, insecurities and remarkable circle of friends."- Norwalk Hour "Allen Shawn’s moving, discerning book examines what made 'Lenny' the envy of both classical and Broadway composers. A nearly impossible task, recording this lush life, but Shawn helps us comprehend the magic."- Kirkus Reviews "A few luscious slices from the massive cake that was the life of the great pianist, composer, conductor and public personality. "An engrossing portrait of a gifted-and conflicted-man."- Jerusalem Post More praise for Jewish Lives: "Excellent" –New York Times "Exemplary" –Wall Street Journal "Distinguished" –New Yorker "Superb" –The Guardian The magic circle poetry book cover series#In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. In this fascinating new biography, the breadth of Bernstein’s musical composition is explored, through the spectacular range of music he composed-from West Side Story to Kaddish to A Quiet Place and beyond-and through his intensely public role as an internationally celebrated conductor. For the first time, the composer’s life and work receive a fully integrated analysis, offering a comprehensive appreciation of a multi-faceted musician who continued to grow as an artist well into his final days. His creative gifts knew no boundaries as he moved easily from the podium, to the piano, to television with his nationally celebrated Young People’s Concerts, which introduced an entire generation to the joy of classical music. From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor "Luscious slices from the massive cake that was the life of the great pianist, composer, conductor and public personality."- Kirkus Reviews "Excellent."-David Denby, New Yorker Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical life.
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