Leonard Bernstein
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Employing the creative device of "Imaginary Conversations" in the first section of his book, Bernstein illuminates the importance of the symphony in America, the greatness of Beethoven, and the art of composing. The book also includes a photo section and a third section with the transcripts from his televised Omnibus music series, including "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," "The World of Jazz," "Introduction to Modern Music," and "What Makes Opera Grand?"...
13) Concerto no. 2 in C minor for piano and orchestra, op. 18: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1981]
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (57 min.) : stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
17) The debut
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (36 min., 12 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Debut is a studio album by Jackie Evancho, consisting of 10 tracks. The album was released on April 12, 2019, on Evancho's independent JE Touring label. The tracks concentrate on songs from 21st century Broadway musicals and musical films. The album was produced by Michael Mangini.
18) West side story
Pub. Date
[1998], c1961
Physical Desc
1 or 2 videodiscs (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Terry Malloy is a washed-up ex-prize fighter corrupted along with brother Charley at an early age by a ruthless Mob-connected union boss named Johnny Friendly, who runs the waterfront. Malloy is now an errand-boy for the union, while Charley (in return for a college education) is now a lawyer for them. Malloy assists in the killing of a longshoreman who was talking to the crime commission investigating the union. He soon meets the dead man's agonized...