Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC : works, politics, performances / edited by Daniel Abraham, Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, and Andrew H. Weaver.

Contributor Abraham, Daniel, 1968- editor.

ImprintRochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.

Imprint2020

Descriptionxiv, 314 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index.

Note:"Bold new essays demonstrate how Leonard Bernstein influenced American culture, society, and politics through his conducting, composing, political relationships, and activism."-- Provided by publisher.

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