Play It Loud is porn for musicians and fans who fetishize the tools of the trade.
Yale U Press
Book Review: The Leonard Bernstein Correspondence — A Tour of Twentieth Century Cultural History
So is the book worth reading? Depends how interested you are in twentieth century cultural history, in music and creative genius, in marriage and sexuality.
Book Review: The Precarious Existence of Symphony Orchestras
This is a book for anyone interested not just in the economic state of the symphony orchestra, but in the overall financial health of the arts in the United States.