Leonard Bernstein
Author
Series
Description
With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in The Infinite Variety of Music, illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. He begins with an "imaginary conversation" with George Washington entitled "The Muzak Muse" in which he argues the values of actively listening to music by learning how to read notes, as opposed to simply hearing music in a concert...
Author
Series
Great performances) volume 56
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
1 CD : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Author
Series
Great performances) volume 23
Publisher
CBS Records
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
1 CD ( 44 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The greatest story ever told in the most acclaimed musical of all time! Experience every sensational song, dazzling dance number and magical movie moment of West Side Story in this 50th Anniversary Edition! This electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in 1950s New York.
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (458 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two love-sick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood both fall in love with the same woman; when Gabey falls in love with Miss Turnstile of the Month, he spends his New York shore leave in passionate pursuit joined by his sailor buddies; as three friends tryto find work in Paris, two of them fall in love with the same woman; two American hunters lost in the highlands of Scotland stumble upon a small town not listed on any map.
10) Candide
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta is based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons.
11) West Side story
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
12) West Side story
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A celebration of the life and work of one of Broadway's greatest legends, Stephen Sondheim. For the composer and lyricist's 80th birthday in March 2010, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered to perform more than two dozen numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career.
14) On the town
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three sailors have a 24-hour shore leave to enjoy New York. They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can't resist the advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist's "prehistoric man," and Gabey finds the model who poses for the Miss Turnstiles advertisements, who isn't quite the glamorous celebrity he envisioned.