Leonard Bernstein at work
Subtitle: his final years, 1984/1990
By: photographs by Steve J. Sherman
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781574671902
Subjects: Composers; Pictorial works; Biography
Description: "This remarkable photographic essay of Leonard Bernstein during the last six years of his life gives us rare insight into the disparate, sometimes vastly conflicting elements that shaped his work and deeply influenced everyone who was drawn into his inner world. It contains approximately 200 black-and-white photographs, most previously unpublished, taken on and off stage during 20 different events or concerts, along with personal comments and remembrances from over 50 of his colleagues, friends, and relatives. The foreword is by Hollywood superstar Lauren Bacall, the preface by Jamie Bernstein (Leonard Bernstein's eldest daughter), and the introduction by James M. Keller, Leonard Bernstein scholar-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic. These vivid images reveal Leonard Bernstein at work in his final years, as mortality encroached upon his unrelenting energy and indefatigable creative genius.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.