Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC : works, politics, and performances /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Abraham, Daniel, 1968- (Editor), Kopfstein-Penk, Alicia (Editor), Weaver, Andrew (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.
Series:	Eastman studies in music.
Subjects:	Bernstein, Leonard, > 1918-1990 > Criticism and interpretation. Bernstein, Leonard, > 1918-1990 > Political activity. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. Music and diplomacy > United States > History > 20th century. Music > Political aspects > United States. Music > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century. Music > United States > 20th century > History and criticism. Washington (D.C.) > Songs and music. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / Alicia Kopfstein-Penk and Andrew H. Weaver
Part I. Bernstein, Politics, and the White House
Bernstein and Washington, DC: Introductory Reflections / Carol J. Oja
Bernstein and the White House / Alicia Kopfstein-Penk
Bernstein and McCarthyism / Barry Seldes
The New York Philharmonic European Tour of 1959 and Bernstein as Eisenhower's American Cultural Ambassador / Sarah Elaine Neill
Part II. Bernstein's Works in the Nation's Capital
West Side Stories: Washington, DC / Elizabeth A. Wells
Bernstein's Politics of Style: Listening for "Radical Chic" in Mass / Katherine Baber
"Screaming Gets You Nowhere": Bernstein's Mass and the Politics of Peace / Robert C. Lagueux
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner's Musical History of the White House / Elissa Harbert
Songfest: Bernstein's Monument to American Diversity / Paul R. Laird
Political Expression and American Identity in Bernstein's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Songfest, and Slava! A Political Overture / Lars Helgert
A Quiet Place in a Not-So-Quiet Nation: Gender, Sexuality, and Family in Bernstein's "American Opera" / Mari Yoshihara