With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in The Infinite Variety of Music , illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. Hebegins with an “imaginary conversation” with George Washington entitled “The Muzak Muse,” in which he argues the values of actively listening to music by learning how to read notes, as opposed to simplyhearing music in a concert hall. The book also fe...