Beginning with Lenny's childhood in Boston and ending with his
triumphant conducting debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York
Philharmonic when he was just twenty-five, Music Was IT draws readers
into the energetic, passionate, challenging, music-filled life of young
Leonard Bernstein. Archival photographs, mostly from the Leonard
Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress, illustrate this
fascinating biography, which also includes a foreword by Bernstein's
daughter Jamie. Extensive back matter includes biographies of important
people in Bernstein's life, as well as a discography of his music.