Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC : works, politics, performances /: works, politics, performances. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniel Abraham, Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, and Andrew H. Weaver.
• Editors: Abraham, Daniel, 1968-; Kopfstein-Penk, Alicia; Weaver, Andrew H
• 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
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages)
• Subjects: 780.92 B; Music and diplomacy -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Music -- Political aspects -- United States; Washington (D.C.) -- Songs and music; Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; Washington (D.C.) -- Songs and music; Criticism and interpretation; Political activity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787449572; 1787449572
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