Abraham / Kopfstein-Penk / Weaver Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC

Works, Politics, Performances
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-662-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 167, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

Bold new essays demonstrate how Leonard Bernstein influenced American culture, society, and politics through his conducting, composing, political relationships, and activism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abraham, Daniel

Kopfstein-Penk, Alicia

Weaver, Andrew H.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kopfstein-Penk, Alicia

Weaver, Andrew H.

Seldes, Barry

Oja, Carol J.

Harbert, Elissa

Wells, Elizabeth A.

Baber, Katherine

Helgert, Lars

Yoshihara, Mari

Paul R. Laird, Paul R.

Lagueux, Robert C.

Sarah Elaine Neill, Sarah Elaine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Alicia Kopfstein-Penk and Andrew H. Weaver
Part One. Bernstein, Politics, and the White House
Bernstein and Washington, DC: Introductory Reflections - Carol 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 Two. 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 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
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Abraham Daniel:
Daniel Abraham is Professor of Music at American University.Kopfstein-Penk Alicia:
Alicia Kopfstein-Penk is Adjunct Professorial Lecturer at American University.Weaver Andrew H.:
ANDREW H. WEAVER is Professor of Musicology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.Kopfstein-Penk Alicia:
Alicia Kopfstein-Penk is Adjunct Professorial Lecturer at American University.Weaver Andrew H.:
ANDREW H. WEAVER is Professor of Musicology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.Lagueux Robert C.:
Robert C. Lagueux is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies and Faculty Development at Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He researches and publishes work on medieval music, liturgy, and drama, and more widely on pedagogy, teaching, and learning.