Leonard Bernstein and the language of jazz

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 22 January, 2020 - 20:06

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Baber, Katherine A.,

Source:

Urbana :, United States, p.x, 268 pages : (2019)

ISBN:

0252084160

Call Number:

ML410.B566

Keywords:

20th century, History and criticism., Jazz, Music

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Bernstein's philosophy and the language of jazz -- Trading fours : Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin, and jazz -- A jazz-shaped America : swing styles in Fancy Free and On the Town -- Jazz as a rhetoric of conflict in Symphony no. 2 : The Age of Anxiety -- West Side Story, modern jazz, and the musical commitment -- "Red, white and blues" : Bernstein's blues and the American soul -- Conclusion.