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The joy of music / Leonard Bernstein.

By: Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959Copyright date: ©1959Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • notated music
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Uniform titles:
  • Omnibus (Television program : 1952-1961)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Joy of music.; Online version:: Joy of music.DDC classification:
  • 780.15
LOC classification:
  • ML60 .B47 1959
  • MT6.B45 J6 1959
NLM classification:
  • ML60
Contents:
Introduction : the happy medium -- Imaginary conversations. Bull session in the Rockies ; Whatever happened to that great American symphony? ; Why don't you run upstairs and write a nice Gershwin tune? -- Interlude : Upper Dubbing, Calif. -- Photograph section -- Seven Omnibus television scripts. Beethoven's Fifth symphony ; The world of jazz ; The art of conducting ; American musical comedy ; Introduction to modern music ; The music of Johann Sebastian Bach ; What makes opera grand?
Summary: Illustrated talks on music appreciation, based on the author's "Omnibus" television shows. Includes expanded scripts of seven of the shows.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Book Book Vermont Jazz Center Book Collection Archive Room ML60.B47 1959 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Martin Jezer Collection 39088000000044

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. TXA

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is inscribed by the author. TXA

Introduction : the happy medium -- Imaginary conversations. Bull session in the Rockies ; Whatever happened to that great American symphony? ; Why don't you run upstairs and write a nice Gershwin tune? -- Interlude : Upper Dubbing, Calif. -- Photograph section -- Seven Omnibus television scripts. Beethoven's Fifth symphony ; The world of jazz ; The art of conducting ; American musical comedy ; Introduction to modern music ; The music of Johann Sebastian Bach ; What makes opera grand?

Illustrated talks on music appreciation, based on the author's "Omnibus" television shows. Includes expanded scripts of seven of the shows.

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