Leonard Bernstein

For fans of Bradley Coopers film Maestro, an appreciation that gives Bernstein his due as composer as well as conductor Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical life. His creative gifts knew no boundaries as he moved easily from the podium to the piano to television with his nationally celebrated Young Peoples Concerts, which introduced an entire generation to the joy of classical music. In this fascinating biography, the breadth of Bernsteins musical composition is explored, through the spectacular range of music he composedfrom West Side Story to Kaddish to A Quiet Place and beyondand through his intensely public role as an internationally celebrated conductor. For the first time, the composers 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.