Dearest Lenny : Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro, Hardc...

Description: Dearest Lenny : Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro, Hardcover by Yoshihara, Mari, ISBN 0190465786, ISBN-13 9780190465780, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein, a musician of extraordinary talent who was legendary for his passionate love of life and many relationships. In this work, Mari Yoshihara reveals the deeply emotional connections Bernstein formed with two little-known Japanese individuals, which
she narrates through their personal letters that have never been seen before.

Dearest Lenny interweaves an intimate story of love and art with a history of Bernsteins transformation from an American icon to a world maestro during the second half of the twentieth century. The articulate, moving letters of Kazuko Amano--a woman who began writing fan letters to Bernstein in
1947 and became a close family friend--and Kunihiko Hashimoto--a young man who fell in love with the maestro in 1979 and later became his business representative--convey the meaning Bernstein and his music had at various stages of their lives. The letters also shed light on how Bernsteins
compositions, recordings, and performances touched his audiences around the world. Th further traces the making of a global Bernstein amidst the shifting landscape of classical music that made this American celebrity turn increasingly to Europe and Japan. The dramatic change in Japans place
in the world and its relationship to the United States during the postwar decades shaped Bernsteins connection to the country. Ultimately, Dearest Lenny is a story of relationships--between the two individuals and Bernstein, the United States and the world, art and commerce, artists and the state,
private and public, conventions and transgressions, dreams and realities--that were at the core of Bernsteins greatest achievements and challenges and that made him truly a maestro of the world.

Dearest Lenny paints a poignant portrait of individuals connected across cultures, languages, age, and status through correspondence and music--and the world that shaped their relationships.

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