Young People's Concerts (Amadeus) - Softcover

Bernstein, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574671022 ISBN 13: 9781574671025

Publisher: Amadeus, 2006

Synopsis

On January 18, 1958, the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation aired the first of Leonard Bernstein's 53 Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic. So successful were these performance lessons that they ran for over a decade on television. This book brings back into print a classic collection of the best of the best of these Emmy and Peabody Award-winning lectures. A total of 15 lectures are presented here in full. Here is the century's most unique musician and teacher, explaining beautifully and clearly the joy of music in a way that grasps the attention of all. Every aspect of music is so cleverly presented that everyone, regardless of age, culture, or educational background, will enjoy and understand it.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Back in print for the first time in years, completely re-designed, with new material added, this volume, containing the texts of Leonard Bernstein's memorable concerts for young people, is one of the most significant contributions to music education ever to have been written.

About the Author:

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was on of the twentieth century's preeminent composers and conductors. His creative output spans the range of musical genres, including works for orchestra, theatre, ballet, film, solo voice, choral, chamber music, and piano. Among his best-known works are the scores for the musicals West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town, and the film score for On the Waterfront.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amadeus
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1574671022
• ISBN 13: 9781574671025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400