Leonard Bernstein and the Language of Jazz

by Katherine Baber

Book Overview

Leonard Bernstein's gifts for drama and connecting with popular audiences made him a central figure in twentieth century American music. Though a Bernstein work might reference anything from modernism to cartoon ditties, jazz permeated every part of his musical identity as a performer, educator, and intellectual. Katherine Baber investigates how jazz in its many styles served Bernstein as a flexible, indeed protean, musical idea. As she shows, Bernstein...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252084160
• ISBN13: 9780252084164
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"