Bernstein and Blitzstein
David Drew, 22 November 1990
Leonard Bernstein
by Michael Freedland.
Harrap, 273 pp., £12.95, October 1987,0 245 54499 2 Show More
by Michael Freedland.
Harrap, 273 pp., £12.95, October 1987,
Make the music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein
by Eric Gordon.
St Martin’s, 605 pp., $29.95, March 1989,0 312 02607 2 Show More
by Eric Gordon.
St Martin’s, 605 pp., $29.95, March 1989,
“... because of the tonal structure as much as for any other reason. ‘It seems astonishing,’ writes Peter Gradenwitz after offering his readers a ponderous analysis of West Side Story, ‘and may even perhaps appear unnecessary to regular show-business habitués, that it is possible to dissect and analyse the music of a Broadway show in the same way as a ... ”
