The Joy of Music [VINTAGE 1959]

Bernstein, Leonard

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959

Beschreibung

Fine condition blueish gray cloth boards, silver front cover and spine lettering, and black front cover illustration contained in a good condition non price-clipped photographic and color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Happy Medium; and About the Author. Some chipping at the lower front right jacket tip and upper and lower jacket spine edges and evidence of old dampstaining that is only evident at the inside of the jacket (see photographs). All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). Illustrated with a full black-and-white photographic section, black-and-white illustrations, many musical examples and numerous diagrams. "Hailed as a great conductor, as a pianist, and as a composer of both symphonic and show music, Leonard Bernstein has earned an entirely new title in the past few years. Through the medium of television he has become America's music teacher, introducing millions to the meaning and the joy of music. By means of his extraordinarily skillful and imaginative editing, Mr. Bernstein has succeeded in projecting - in print - the same gusto, clarity and charm that distinguished his Omnibus television shows. The Joy of Music contains seven of these Omnibus scripts, illustrated, expanded and interpreted, and a collection of essays and conversations of great wit and warmth. The scripts have been prepared to bring home every point to the reader in a clear, original and memorable manner, by means of a full photographic section, black-and-white illustrations, many musical examples and numerous diagrams. They have been prepared so that even the layman who cannot read a note of music will learn The Joy of Music. In Mr. Bernstein's hands, everything becomes clear, entertaining, joyous, whether he is explaining tonality in terms of a baseball diamond or fathoming the peculiair greatness of Beethoven or tracing the history of American musical comedy. To Leonard Bernstein, all music is one: jazz, Bach, the art of conducting, or grand opera. He explores the way in which a great composer works, he studies the complexities of overtones, he explains why he cannot sit down and write a Gershwin tune, he shows how music is dubbed onto the sound track in a motion picture (drawing on his experience as the composer of the score for On the Waterfront). For Leonard Bernstein is as much an artist with words as he is with music. The Joy of Music contains hundreds of musical examples that were performed on television; even those who cannot read music will be able to follow them by reading the accompanying text. For those who wish, the musical examples have been arranged so that they can be played on the piano, and there are lists of recommended recordings for the reader to follow. Whether or not you have seen Mr. Bernstein in the concert hall or on television, you will find here, in a new dimension, The Joy of Music." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007376

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Joy of Music [VINTAGE 1959]

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good