Allen Shawn is a composer, pianist, educator, and author who lives in Vermont and teaches composition and music history at Bennington College. His previous books include Arnold Schoenberg’s Journey and Twin: A Memoir.
“Excellent.”—David Denby, New Yorker
“An engrossing portrait of a gifted—and conflicted—man.”—Jerusalem
Post
“There were, and are, critics who believe that Bernstein’s facility
and fecundity was merely dilettantism. Allen Shawn’s suave new
biography hopes to give them pause.”—Christopher Bray, The
Spectator
“Immensely valuable as a concise study of a major figure;
sympathetic in its account of his life and its artistic and social
context, and illuminating in its critical judgements.”—Anthony
Burton, BBC Music
“I can’t imagine a better biography of Leonard Bernstein. His
intensity, complexity, and personal charm come across fully; so do
his manifest importance to twentieth-century American culture and
his intimate relation to the music he produced. Bravo!”—Wendy
Lesser
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