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Dearest Lenny - Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro (Hardcover)
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Dearest Lenny - Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro (Hardcover)
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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
Bernstein's 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 Bernstein's compositions,
recordings, and performances touched his audiences around the
world. The book 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 Japan's place in the world and its relationship
to the United States during the postwar decades shaped Bernstein's
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 Bernstein's 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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