Gruen, John,  1926-2016 <br/><br/>
The private world of Leonard Bernstein / 
text by John Gruen ; photos by Ken Heyman. 
 - New York :  Viking Press,  1968. 
 - 191 p. :  ill., ports., facsims. ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Ridge Press Book." 
<br/><br/> " ... Conductor of the nation's premier orchestra, the New York Philharmonic; composer of concert music and scores for the popular musical theater; virtuoso pianist ... [in this book] Mr. Bernstein is seen as only few have been privileged to see him: offstage among his family and friends, working, playing, contemplating his origins, dealing with the hectic present, speculating about the future ... [the] author spent a summer in Italy with the vacationing Bernsteins, then observed the amazingly crowded routines of their life in New York and Connecticut ... [offers] an intimate, offstage view of Leonard bernstein, his family, and his friends. With a playlet, monologues, dialogues, reflections, revelations, and predictions. Leonard Bernstein talks with charm, humor, unsparing honesty, and total recall about the phenomenon of Leonard Bernstein ..."--Inside flaps.  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>68029354  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Composers--America--Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML410.B566  / G8 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>O 780.92   / BER