| | |  | WORLD MUSIC | Home » » Little Drummer Boy: Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein | | | | | | | Description: | | This documentary about Mahler features Leonard Bernstein including excerpts from Mahler's symphony and song cycles. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Walton Groenroos | | Director:
| Leonard Bernstein | | Format:
| AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC | | Language:
| English, German, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese | | Subtitle:
| Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Philips | | Run Time:
| 85 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 11, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 9 reviews |
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65 of 68 found the following review helpful:
 Learn at the feet of the masterApr 03, 2008
By Mr John Haueisen
Wow!--I just finished watching "The Little Drummer Boy."
Previously I had thought that I knew quite a bit about Gustav Mahler, but Leonard Bernstein showed me more.
What Bernstein does is show you--through biographical commentary and excerpts from Mahler's music--just what it was that made this masterful composer and conductor so obsessed with Life and Death.
Yes, part of it was Mahler's being born Jewish, and part was seeing so many of his brothers and sisters die so early in life. But Bernstein shows us how Mahler was, like most of us, striving to try to come to terms with life--to understand why death has to come and deprive us of the joys of life.
To give you an idea of how concrete, knowledgeable and specific this program is, Lenny takes a few minutes, using musical excerpts, to illustrate how there is a funeral march in each of Mahler's nine symphonies.
If you like Mahler, and would like to understand him better, get a friend to watch this with you, and learn at the feet of the master. This one is a must for those who love Mahler or Bernstein!
21 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 Mahler & BernsteinMar 04, 2009
By Michael J. Cook
"Classical audiophile"
Leonard Bernstein knew Mahler's music incredibly well. Bernstein was also one of the the best musical educators to have lived. I have a deeper appreciation of Mahler and his own life experiences that shaped his music thanks to Lenny. View this first, then view his recorded dvd performances of the Mahler symphonies. Listen and be moved. This is great music and Bernstein has made it more approachable, meaningful.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
excellent presentAug 18, 2010
By rks
I bought this video as a present for a friend who enjoys Mahler's music. There are many videos out there featuring Mahler but this one has a unique flair to it due to Bernstein's participation.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Review of "Drummer Boy'May 11, 2010
By H. Karp
"Hazel B. Karp"
This is a riveting review of of many aspects of Mahler's life of which I had only surmised completely without data. I recommend this for anyone that thinks of themselves as a "Mahelerian".
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
NoneFeb 25, 2011
By C. Thomas Work
"Tom Work"
Superlative production featuring one of the last century's preeminent music educators. Lenny's musical examples are superb and greatly aid intelligent listening of challenging music.
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