Leonard Bernstein: A Research and Information Guide (Routledge Music Bibliographies)

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by  Paul Laird

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A Research and Information Guide
Second Edition
Paul R. laiRd and Hsun lin
ROUTLEDGE MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Second edition published 2015
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Laird, Paul R., compiler.
Leonard Bernstein : a research and information guide / by Paul R. Laird and Hsun Lin. — Second edition.
pages cm. — (Routledge music bibliographies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Lin, Hsun (Musicologist), compiler. II. Title. III. Series: Routledge music bibliographies.
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Contents
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Acknowledgments xii
1. The Life and Work of Leonard Bernstein 1
Family Background, Education, and Early Career to 1943 1
Bernstein the Conductor 2
Bernstein the Composer 4
Bernstein the Educator and Commentator 8
Bernstein the Pianist 9
Lenny of the Letters: The Man behind the Musician 9
2. Leonard Bernstein’s Musical Style 20
Eclecticism and Leonard Bernstein 20
Accessibility, Communication, and Dramatic Impact 22
Collaboration 24
Melody 24
Rhythm 27
Vernacular References 35
Harmony, Texture, and Form 39
Jewish Elements and Sensibility 40
Conclusion 41
Part A Index in Chapters 1 and 2 46
3. An Annotated List of Bernstein’s Major Compositions 49
Solo Instrumental Music 50
Piano(s) 50
Orchestral Instruments 54
Instrumental Chamber Music 55
Vocal and Choral Music 56
Solo Voice(s) 56
Choruses 59
Dramatic Music 60
Ballets 60
Broadway Scores and Theater Piece 62
Film Score 65
Incidental Music 65
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Operas 66
Cantata 67
Orchestral and Band Music 68
Symphonies 68
Concerto 69
Miscellaneous Orchestral Music 70
Band Music 74
4. Selected Writings of Leonard Bernstein 76
5. Biographical Sources 92
General Biographies 92
Particular Biographical Issues 125
Relations with Other Luminaries 139
6. Sources on Bernstein’s Compositions 151
General and Collective 151
By Performance Category 164
Piano Music 164
Chamber Music 166
Choral Music 167
Film Score 170
Songs and Song Cycles 174
Symphonic Music 176
Theater Music 187
7. Sources on Bernstein’s Allied Pursuits 234
Conducting 234
Educator and Commentator 243
8. A Selected List of Video Recordings Featuring Leonard Bernstein and
His Music 250
Films That Involved Bernstein and Documentaries on Bernstein 250
Films and Theatrical Works with Bernstein’s Music 254
9. Research Aids: Composition Catalog, Archives and Libraries, and Web Sites 255
Composition Catalog 255
Representative Archives and Libraries with Primary Materials 256
Web Sites 266
Index of Compositions and Arrangements 269
Index of Authors, Editors, and Titles 275
Index of Subjects 311
Preface to the Second Edition
Leonard Bernstein continues to loom as a giant in twentieth-century American music
with a career that spanned the composition of concert and theater music, orchestral
conducting, television, education, piano performance, and celebrity. His appeal was
international because of his most popular music, such as the score to West Side Story,
and his wide success as a conductor. Bernstein’s varied activities, larger-than-life per-
sonality, and brushes with controversy have inspired portrayals and commentary from
many writers, rendering special problems for the compilation of the first and second
editions of this book. We have tried to include significant examples of such sources as
biographies (except children’s books) and scholarly articles on his life and work, but we
have been selective in other areas, such as the thousands of articles in popular journals
and newspapers. To exclude all such articles, however, would misrepresent Bernstein,
a ubiquitous presence in American culture. Except for the first edition of this source,
no other large-scale consideration of the bibliography concerning Bernstein exists,
although there are a number of books and dissertations on the musician and his work
that include extensive bibliographies, and we have benefitted from these sources in the
preparation of this edition.
Paul Laird’s scholarly interest in Bernstein began with his master’s thesis in the early
1980s. A source for that document was an interview with Bernstein that took place in
Washington, DC, on 15 March 1982. Material from that interview sheds light on aspects
of the composer and his work in the first two chapters of this book. Chapter 1 is Laird’s
outline of Bernstein’s life and major activities to place the remainder of the book in con-
text. Added to the second edition is consideration of Bernstein’s personality and char-
acter, based upon The Letters of Leonard Bernstein, compiled by Nigel Simeone (Yale
University Press, 2013). As in the first edition, Laird’s Chapter 2 is a study of Bernstein’s
compositional style in terms of its most significant components. Chapter 3, augmented
in comparison to the first edition, is a list of Bernstein’s most important compositions,
each with a short annotation describing the work’s historical background, how it fits into
his overall output, and identification of other basic information about the piece.
Bernstein was a prolific author of books, articles, speeches, poems, lectures, televi-
sion scripts, and other types of writings. A complete listing of these hundreds of works is
available in the Finding Aid for the Library of Congress Bernstein Collection. Chapter 4
is a representative, annotated listing of his most significant writings.
Laird’s coauthor, Hsun Lin, made major contributions to the last five chapters.
Author of a dissertation at the University of Kansas on how Bernstein’s music in the
musicals On the Town and Wonderful Town compares to his concert works, Lin identified
most of the sources on Bernstein and his music that have appeared since the first edition
and wrote annotations for dissertations, articles, and other sources. Laird wrote anno-
tations for most of the new books and some other sources. Chapter 5 lists biographical
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