My Friend Lenny: A Memoir of My Life in Music, With Personal Stories About Leonard Bernstein, Mike Wallace, Paul Simon, and Others

, by Mintz, Ouida Blatt; Montparker, Carol

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ISBN: 9780615118796 | 0615118798
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/2000

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Dedication	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Beginnings	p. 13
Lenny Bernstein's dreams
First Impressions	p. 22
Family life
My dad's plays are produced
Interesting People	p. 30
We give marionette shows for adults
Playing Violin with Mike Wallace	p. 35
Meeting Heinrich Gebhard and Leonard Bernstein	p. 39
Slonimsky
Abram Chasins
Playing Concerti, and Letters from "Gebby"	p. 52
Lenny and I play concerti
Tanglewood in the early days
My letters from Gebhard
Mildred Spiegel Remembers Lenny	p. 70
She teaches Beethoven's First Piano Concerto to him
Lenny meets Adolph Green
Lenny's Awesome Beginnings	p. 78
On the Town, first musical
Koussevitsky is upset
Lenny and Jerome Robbbins receive an ovation for Fancy Free ballet
Lenny meets Aaron Copland
My Roots	p. 85
The Romberg family had to flee Kharkov under the Czarist regime and sail to Ellis Island when my mom was only three years old
Dr. Eli Romberg, my famous uncle
Why I Didn't Become a Concert Pianist	p. 94
My Very Best Friends	p. 97
Some letters during lifetime friendships
A few letters from "Gebby"
I Meet My Husband, Samson Mintz	p. 113
Contrasting forms of Judaism
A surprising honeymoon
Life in Worcester, Masschusetts	p. 118
We have two boys and a girl
I sing in the chorus of the Worcester Music Festival, the oldest in the country, under Eugene Ormandy, with the Philadelphia Orchestra
I meet with Lenny Bernstein when he comes to Worcester with the New York Philharmonic
Reuniting with Mike Wallace
We Move to New York	p. 129
Lenny looks at my songs at the Osborn
We adopt a cat
I meet Paul Simon	p. 137
He makes demonstration records of my songs
Lenny, the conductor	p. 146
And composer of Kaddish, West Side Story, Candide, etc.
How to Write a Song	p. 150
Gebhard's last two letters
"Bach is the greatest of all," he says
Lenny's intro. to Gebhard's book on Pedaling
How I Teach	p. 159
Tips on keeping kids interested
My Wonderful Students	p. 164
With letters of appreciation telling what music did for them
Some of My Dad's Wit and Wisdom	p. 184
Loss: My Beloved Sister, Jo, and Adored Son	p. 199
Bill
Jo's unusual poetry, some deep, some humorous
The worst tragedy: losing a child
Trip to Europe and Israel with Sam	p. 229
Visits with interesting relatives
Lucy in the Big City	p. 235
Her life in New York's Theatrical center
Son, Jerry, writes of his visit with Nana
Other Family Members	p. 247
I'm so proud of their accomplishments
Other Trips and Cruises	p. 268
On Eurail Pass for six weeks
Costa del Sol
Losing Sam and Saving a Life	p. 275
Jerry's medical problems
Alternative education
Personal Ads	p. 279
Answering ads for daughter, Lisa, and later, for me
"Getting Personal"
Lenny's Swan Song	p. 299
His birthday bash at Tanglewood, attended by ten thousand people
"Lenny's Last Rehearsal"
Lenny's Memorial Concerts
Appendages
Leonard Bernstein's Most Important Compositions	p. 307
Books by Leonard Bernstein	p. 311
More of My Dad's Wit and Wisdom	p. 312
David Mamet and Jerry	p. 322
This and That	p. 324
My Performing Friends at APTLI	p. 341
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