Music Was It
  • Published: 15 February 2015
  • ISBN: 9781580893459
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $34.00

Music Was It

Young Leonard Bernstein

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This clearly written and entirely accessible middle-grade biography offers the story of famed composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and the challenges he faced while achieving his monumental success.

Beginning with Lenny’s childhood in Boston and ending with his triumphant conducting debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic when he was just twenty-five, Music Was IT draws readers into the energetic, passionate, challenging, music-filled life of young Leonard Bernstein. Archival photographs, mostly from the Leonard Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress, illustrate this fascinating biography, which also includes a foreword by Bernstein’s daughter Jamie. Extensive back matter includes biographies of important people in Bernstein’s life, as well as a discography of his music.
  • Published: 15 February 2015
  • ISBN: 9781580893459
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $34.00
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Praise for Music Was It

Praise for Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein

  • YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults finalist
  • Sydney Taylor Book Award
  • "Excellent bookmaking--from type to trim size--complements a remarkable celebration of a uniquely American musical genius."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • "Highly readable and inspiring."--Booklist, starred review
  • "A biography that focuses on the youth and early adulthood of its subject risks missing the point . . . but Rubin, with her engaging style and infectious passion, succeeds here."--The Horn Book Magazine
  • "Sparkling . . . clear and accessible."--School Library Journal