On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein

On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein

Author: Charlie Harmon

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2019-06-18

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1632892375

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Celebrating Leonard Bernstein's centenary with an intimate and detailed look at the public and private life of the Maestro written by his former assistant. Foreword by Broadway legend Harold Prince. "An affectionate portrait of an eminent musician who was driven by demons." —Kirkus Reviews "Harmon’s personable and warm account of what it was like to work for one of the twentieth century’s musical giants casts new light on Bernstein and his world." —Booklist "This multifaceted perspective gives readers plenty of salacious gossip paired with insight into Leonard Bernstein’s remarkable artistic achievements later in life." —Library Journal On the Road is a colorfully written, unforgettably entertaining and unputdownable book, and is available just in time for LB’s 100th birthday. Unreservedly recommended. —Fanfare Magazine Leonard Bernstein reeked of cheap cologne and obviously hadn't showered, shaved, or slept in a while. Was he drunk to boot? He greeted his new assistant with "What are you drinking?" Yes, he was drunk. Charlie Harmon was hired to manage the day-to-day parts of Bernstein's life. There was one additional responsibility: make sure Bernstein met the deadline for an opera commission. But things kept getting in the way: the centenary of Igor Stravinsky, intestinal parasites picked up in Mexico, teaching all summer in Los Angeles, a baker's dozen of young men, plus depression, exhaustion, insomnia, and cut-throat games of anagrams. Did the opera get written? For four years, Charlie saw Bernstein every day, as his social director, gatekeeper, valet, music copyist, and itinerant orchestra librarian. He packed (and unpacked) Bernstein's umpteen pieces of luggage, got the Maestro to his concerts, kept him occupied changing planes in Zurich, Anchorage, Tokyo, or Madrid, and learned how to make small talk with mayors, ambassadors, a chancellor, a queen, and a Hollywood legend or two. How could anyone absorb all those people and places? Because there was music: late-night piano duets, or the Maestro's command to accompany an audition, or, by the way, the greatest orchestras in the world. Charlie did it, and this is what it was like, told for the first time.


Letters to a Romantic

Letters to a Romantic

Author: Sean Perron

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781629953045

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Whether or not you're currently dating someone, if you're a young person thinking about romance, you probably have a lot of questions. Who should you date? How do you turn down an unwanted date, navigate a first date, or break up with someone? Is kissing OK? Is marriage really for you? The Bible is sufficient to help you to think through the concerns of singleness and dating, and it has crucial things to say about the thoughts, attitudes, actions, and situations that commonly arise in this exciting stage of life. In friendly, practical letters, Sean and Spencer (and sometimes their wives, Jenny and Taylor) explore God's Word for answers on singleness, the start of a relationship, and tough dating situations, from breakups to broken boundaries. Their biblical insights will help you to make informed decisions on the road ahead.


Records of a Family of the House of Alexander from 1640 to 1909

Records of a Family of the House of Alexander from 1640 to 1909

Author: Frances Alexander Butterworth

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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The Alexander family immigrated from Scotland to Jamestown, Virginia about 1640, and Samuel Alexander (a direct descendant) lived in Somerset County, Maryland in 1685, and moved to Cecil County, Maryland in 1723. Descendants lived in Maryland, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, California and elsewhere.


The 1995 Genealogy Annual

The 1995 Genealogy Annual

Author: Thomas Jay Kemp

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780842026611

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The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections. FAMILY HISTORIES-cites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-includes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world. GENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-consists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county. The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.


Proceedings

Proceedings

Author: Organization of American Historians

Publisher:

Published: 1923

Total Pages: 862

ISBN-13:

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"Directory of the ... association ... to February 9, 1924:" v. 11, pt. 1, p. [143]-164.


The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836

The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836

Author: Walter Goodwin Davis

Publisher:

Published: 1924

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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John Harmon (b.ca. 1639) married Elizabeth Cummings and moved from Saco, Maine to York, Maine. Descendants lived in Maine, Massachusetts and elsewhere.