In the first major biography of this towering figure, Joan Peyser traces Bernstein's life from his Boston childhood through his Tin Pan Alley apprenticeship, his Broadway successes and hisovernight stardom with the New York Philharmonic, to his emergence as one of the leading conductors and composers of the
twentieth century.
She also considers his controversial private life: his troubled marriage,
his many flamboyant homosexual affairs and his love/hate relationship with his father.
Contains 32 pages of b/w photographs.