Bernstein, Leonard,  1918-1990 <br/><br/>
The joy of music / 
by Leonard Bernstein. 
 - New York :  Simon and Schuster,  1959. 
 - 303 p. :  ill., musical notes ;  24 cm. 
 - 782 (NLA) .
<br/><br/>Cont.: Introduction : the happy medium -- Imaginary conversations. Bull session in the Rockies ; Whatever happened to that great American symphony? ; Why don't you run upstairs and write a nice Gershwin tune? -- Interlude : Upper Dubbing, Calif. -- Photograph section -- Seven Omnibus television scripts. Beethoven's Fifth symphony ; The world of jazz ; The art of conducting ; American musical comedy ; Introduction to modern music ; The music of Johann Sebastian Bach ; What makes opera grand?. 
<br/><br/> Illustrated talks on music appreciation, based on the author's "Omnibus" television shows. Includes expanded scripts of seven of the shows. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music--History and criticism
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>782 (NLA)