This listing is for Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician Barry Seldes ARC Advanced Reader Paperback RARE.  
Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: University of California Press (May 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520257641
ISBN-13: 978-0520257641
Advanced Reader Copy (ARC), PROMO Edition, Uncorrected Page Proof
From his conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. In this biography of Bernstein's political lie, Barry Seldes examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of Cold War America and the factors that by the mid-1950s allowed his triumphant return to the New York Philharmonic. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. In this fresh and revealing biography of Bernstein's political life, Barry Seldes examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America—blacklisting by the State Department in 1950, voluntary exile from th

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