
Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician
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A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as...

Gerard Schawrz: Behind the Baton
Gerard Schwarz and Maxine Frost
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Celebrated American conductor Gerard Schwarz began his career in music as a trumpet prodigy who made...

Portrait Gallery: A Life in Classical Music
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From Leonard Bernstein to Benjamin Britten, Andre Previn and Igor Stravinsky, Edward Greenfield had...

Sense of Occasion
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In this fast-moving, candid, conversational, and entertaining memoir, Harold Prince, the most...

One-Man Show: The Life and Art of Bernard Perlin
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Bernard Perlin was an extraordinary figure in 20th Century American art and gay cultural history, an...

Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur: A Biographical Study
Robert Bagg and Mary Bagg
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) is part of a notable literary cohort, American...
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Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
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To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The...

Finishing the Hat: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim (volume 1) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes
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The winner of seven Tonys, seven Grammys, an Oscar, and a Pulitzer Prize, Stephen Sondheim has...

A Place for Us: West Side Story and New York
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From its Broadway debut to the Oscar-winning film to countless amateur productions, West Side Story...

The Ballad of John Latouche: An American Lyricist's Life and Work
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Born into a poor Virginian family, John Treville Latouche (1914-56), in his short life, made a...