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Film, Video Celebrating the Collection #Declassified: Bernstein and Social Identity

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Title

  • Celebrating the Collection #Declassified: Bernstein and Social Identity

Summary

  • To celebrate the centennial of Leonard Bernstein, the Library held a special, day-long event; an immersive experience anchored by an extensive display of manuscripts, letters, playbills, photographs and memorabilia, sketches, casting notes, and designs. As part of this special event, Nicholas Alexander Brown spoke about the composer's life and career. Bernstein practiced what Brown referred to as "engaged musical citizenship," using his voice and position to support or oppose contentious social issues in America between the 1940s and 1980s. Highlighting special collection items from the Leonard Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress, Brown explored Bernstein's views on race, gender roles, politics, social class, and the dichotomy between public and private identities through Bernstein's long relationship with the Kennedy family and two of his rarely-performed works, "Songfest" and "Trouble in Tahiti".

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-05-19.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Bernstein's America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Nicholas Alexander Brown.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-05-19.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697689

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Celebrating the Collection #Declassified: Bernstein and Social Identity. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-19, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697689/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2018) Celebrating the Collection #Declassified: Bernstein and Social Identity. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-19. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697689/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Celebrating the Collection #Declassified: Bernstein and Social Identity. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-19, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697689/>.