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Author Baber, Katherine A., 1981- author.

Title Leonard Bernstein and the language of jazz / Katherine Baber
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Music in American life
Music in American life.
Contents Bernstein's philosophy and the language of jazz -- Trading fours : Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin, and jazz -- A jazz-shaped America : swing styles in Fancy Free and On the Town -- Jazz as a rhetoric of conflict in Symphony numbers 2 : The Age of Anxiety -- West Side Story, modern jazz, and the musical commitment -- "Red, white and blues" : Bernstein's blues and the American soul -- Conclusion
Summary For Leonard Bernstein, music was a language capable of communicating more directly than in words, and jazz was a crucial part of his musical vocabulary. As an idiom made up of a range of styles - whether stride, boogie-woogie, swing, bebop, or cool - jazz was central to Bernstein's compositional aesthetic, particularly in his approach to tonality and to defining American music. The blues, as a special part of this jazz idiom, also helped Bernstein articulate a personal identity, expressing everything from sensuality to humor to loss and isolation. This text will examine the shifting meanings of Bernstein's jazz language in theatrical and symphonic works from across his career
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 fast
Subject Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Jazz -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
MUSIC -- General.
Jazz
Music
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019718334
ISBN 9780252051210
0252051211