Leonard Bernstein


A biography of one of the 20th-century's most famous musicians.


Paul Myers


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Overview
  • Takes an inside look at Leonard Bernstein (1918-90), creator of the Broadway masterpiece, WestSide Story, drawing on the author's personal knowledge of the American composer and conductor
  • Covers all aspects of Bernstein's career, from his extraordinary early rise to fame as a conductor to his work as a world-famous composer, including his musicals and the score for On the Waterfront
  • Examines fairly the paradoxes of a man who was brilliant, articulate, witty and charming but could also be vain, egocentric and demanding



In The Press
'Paul Myers writes concisely and entertainingly…will make readers long to hear the music.' (Times Literary Supplement)

'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman)


About the author(s)
Paul Myers is a freelance classical record producer whose work for Decca and Colombia (now Sony) and Naxos brought him into contact with Bernstein over many years.


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