Leonard Bernstein (1 edition.)

Leonard Bernstein was one of 20th-century music's most successful and recognizable figures.

In a career spanning five decades, he conducted many of the world's leading orchestras and composed scores for landmark musicals such as West Side Story.

With an iron self-belief, he negotiated risky and challenging musical situations that resulted in always passionate, if sometimes mixed, reviews.

Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of Bernstein's birth, this biography provides a concise overview of the life and work of a prodigiously talented, endlessly enthralling, and controversial musician.