xviii, 379 pages : 24 cm

Fifteen lectures taken from the author's television series of Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic, which ran from 1958 to 1972

Includes index

What does music mean? Concert No. 1: January 18, 1958 -- What makes music American? Concert No. 2: February 1, 1958 -- What is orchestration? Concert No. 3: March 8, 1958 -- What makes music symphonic? Concert No. 4: December 13, 1958 -- What is classical music? Concert No. 5: January 24, 1959 -- Humor in music Concert No. 6: February 28, 1959 -- What is a concerto? Concert No. 7: March 28, 1959 -- Folk music in the concert hall Concert No. 15: April 9, 1961 -- What is impressionism? Concert No. 16: November 23, 1961 -- What is a melody? Concert No. 21: December 21, 1962 -- What is sonata form? Concert No. 28: November 6, 1964 -- A tribute to Sibelius Concert No. 31: February 19, 1965 -- Musical atoms: a study of intervals Concert No. 32: November 29, 1965 -- What is a mode? Concert No. 36: November 23, 1966 -- Berlioz takes a trip Concert No. 46: May 25, 1969 -- Chronological list of Young People's Concerts written and performed by Leonard Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic -- Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)

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