And thank you, Mummy and Daddy, for giving the Three-Headed Monster such a wonderful existence.
P.S. May the love of a dog never go unthanked: here’s to the Henrys, Franny and Zooey, Duffy, Honey, Tookie, Sonia, Georgie, Tabasco, Shiloh, Charlie, Satita, Ziggy, Ozzie, Melba, and Herbie. So far.
Index of Names
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Abreu, José Antonio, 352, 353
Adams, Joey, 238
Aida (Jimenez, maid), 234–35
Allen, Woody, 234–35
Almer, Tandyn, 66
Anderson, June, 312
Ann (Dedman, chef), 258, 260, 284
Ann (Siegel, Jamie’s friend), 79, 80, 83, 107, 114, 171, 173, 200, 233, 254, 278, 288
Anna Felicia (Simmons, Nina’s daughter), 338
Antonio (Venezuelan clarinet player), 355–56
Arrau, Claudio, 4
Avedon, Dick, 13, 167–68, 196, 363
Bacall, Lauren (Betty), 13, 79, 159–60, 165, 201, 217, 236, 300, 301
Barnes, Clive, 183
Barrett, Michael, 289, 299, 304, 339–40, 341, 343, 344, 347, 361
Bart (Gulley, Alexander’s friend), 220
Beckwith, “Lucky” Bob (chauffeur), 39
Belafonte, Harry, 49
Berghof, Herbert, 188, 283
Bernstein, Alexander, 1–3, 5, 7–8, 9, 10–11, 13, 15–16, 17, 18, 21–23, 24–25, 26, 28–29, 30, 31–32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 47, 49, 50–51, 52, 54, 57–58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 71, 73, 74, 75–76, 77, 81, 82, 85, 88–89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 101, 105, 107, 122, 124, 125–26, 131–32, 133, 136, 137, 140, 141, 144–45, 148–49, 150–51, 153, 158, 164, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 181–82, 184, 185–87, 188, 190, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 208, 210, 213, 216, 217, 219, 220, 225–26, 227, 229, 232, 233, 236, 239, 246–47, 254, 258, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 268, 269, 277, 283, 285, 289, 292, 296, 297, 306, 323, 325, 326, 329–30, 331–33, 335, 336, 338, 347, 359–60, 364, 365
Bernstein, Anya Micaela, 338
Bernstein, Burton (Uncle BB), 11–12, 13, 24, 25, 28, 36, 49, 51, 70, 82, 90, 101–2, 106, 112, 129, 192, 213, 215–16, 229, 321, 322, 326, 332, 363
Bernstein, Carl, 202
Bernstein, Elizabeth Velazquez, 338
Bernstein, Ellen, 24, 25, 71, 169, 215
Bernstein, Felicia Montealegre, 2–7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26–27, 28, 29–31, 33, 34–35, 37, 41–45, 46, 47, 49–50, 51, 52–54, 55–56, 69, 71, 75, 76–77, 78, 79, 81, 89, 92, 93, 99–100, 101–2, 105, 106, 107, 109–13, 114–15, 116–17, 120–21, 123–25, 126–27, 128, 130, 136, 141, 145, 152, 153, 154–55, 157–59, 162, 163–64, 165–66, 167–68, 170, 171–72, 173, 174, 176, 181, 184, 186–87, 188–91, 192, 193, 194–99, 200, 204–7, 208–15, 218, 220, 228, 242, 264–65, 273, 280, 287, 293–94, 320, 324, 327, 332, 336, 346, 357, 364
Bernstein, Jennie, 40, 89, 90, 96, 171, 193, 246, 247, 255, 273, 279, 284, 285, 296, 297, 298, 316–17, 319, 323, 326, 363
Bernstein, Nina, 1, 17, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 41, 49, 61, 73, 75, 79, 82, 95, 124, 132, 140, 145, 148, 150, 153–54, 157, 158, 164, 169, 170, 173, 182, 185, 186, 189, 191, 196, 200, 208, 212, 216, 217, 219, 223, 224–25, 227, 229, 233, 235, 236, 239, 246, 254, 262–63, 264, 268, 269, 276, 283, 289, 295, 296, 297, 301, 307, 308, 317, 319, 320, 321, 323, 325, 326, 329, 330, 331–33, 334, 335, 336, 338, 344, 347, 359–60, 364, 365
Bernstein, Sam, 28, 40–41, 89–90, 95–96, 171, 255, 347
Bernstein, Shirley, 11–13, 31–32, 43, 44, 49, 51, 59–60, 70–71, 82, 84, 92–93, 101–2, 106, 108, 114, 129, 131, 168, 192, 208, 215–16, 219, 220, 226–27, 229, 234, 246, 273, 280, 292–93, 317, 318, 321, 322, 327, 332–33, 363, 364
Beymer, Richard, 40
Bhutto, Benazir (“Pinky”), 129
Blackwell, Chris, 287
Blier, Steven, 299
Blitzstein, Marc, 24, 53
Bobby K., 229
Bogart, Humphrey, 165
Botstein, Leon, 266–67
Boulez, Pierre, 96
Bradstreet, Anne, 192
Brando, Marlon, 83–84
Brecht, Bertolt, 94
Brian (Jamie’s boyfriend), 250–51, 258, 272
Britten, Benjamin, 319
Burton, Humphrey, 281, 282, 299, 312, 326
Burton, Richard, 224–25
Burton, Suzy, 224–25
Burton, Sybil, 80
Cahill, Kevin, 317, 321, 322, 323, 325
Cahill, Sean, 325, 326
Callas, Maria, 25
Carreras, José, 281–83, 284
Carroll, Lewis, 9, 100, 365
Carson, Margaret, 142, 291, 301, 310
Carter, Jimmy, 191–92, 245, 246
Carter, Rosalynn, 192, 245, 246
Chapin, Schuyler, 142, 143, 218, 327, 333
Charlie (Harmon, Leonard’s assistant), 258, 260
Chase, Chevy, 200
Chomsky, Noam, 144
Chuck (Weinstock, Jamie’s friend), 275
Coates, (“Nanny”) Helen, 37, 38, 40, 141, 142, 247–48, 363
Cohn, Chita Montealegre, 4, 171
Cohn, Felicia. See Bernstein, Felicia Montealegre
Cohn, Roy (father of Felicia), 4
Coles, Robert, 128
Comden, Betty, 13, 19–20, 21, 55, 90, 106, 235–36, 357, 363
Conlon, James, 346
Copland, Aaron, 46, 70, 284
Coppola, Francis Ford, 233–34
Cothran, Tommy, 144–45, 150, 151, 172, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 306
Cox, Donald, 110, 111–12
Crawford, Joan, 324
Curtis, Charlotte, 110–12
Daltrey, Roger, 122, 158
Davis, Bette, 49, 165, 324
Debbie (Sweet, Jamie’s school friend), 107, 113
Diaz, Justino, 85
Dichter, Misha, 86
Dudamel, Eloisa, 353
Dudamel, Gustavo, 351, 353–54
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 28, 87, 296–97
Eisenhower, Mamie, 296
Elliott (Lewitt, Jamie’s roommate), 249, 260, 273, 275
Entwistle, John, 122
Ephron, Nora, 202
Epstein, Paul, 187–88, 207, 327, 333
Erhard, Werner, 175
Eschenbach, Christoph, 146, 147, 148, 151
Farrow, Mia, 234, 235, 304
Fitzgibbon, Anne, 356
Forman, Milos, 119
Forster, E. M., 232
Foss, Lukas, 123
Frantz, Justus, 146, 147–48, 151–53, 169–70, 171
Freud, Anna, 188
Gabe (landlord), 237, 238–39
Gabis, Shirley, 26, 27
Gabor, Eva, 5
Garfunkel, Art, 64
Geffen, David, 275
Gellhorn, Martha, 5
Giulini, Carlo Maria, 226
Gobbi, Tito, 25
Green, Adolph, 13, 19–21, 55, 71, 90, 106, 211, 236, 285, 312–13, 326, 357, 363
Green, Johnny, 40
Gruen, John, 77
Guare, John, 120, 308
Hadley, Jerry, 312
Haldeman, H. R., 305
Hampton, David, 307–8
Harrison, George, 60, 62–63
Hart, Richard, 5
Haws, Barbara, 354
Hellman, Lillian, 13, 22–24, 100, 207, 218, 311
Henahan, Donal, 272
Heyman, Ken, 77
Holiday, Billie, 87
Holland, Dr., 205, 213
Holliday, Judy, 20, 357
Hoover, J. Edgar, 116, 304, 305
Horne, Marilyn, 85
Horowitz, Vladimir, 205
Hume, Paul, 136
Humphrey, Hubert, 94
Hussey, Walter, 56
Huston, Walter, 165
Ian, Janis, 66
Irvine, Keith, 35
Jackson, Joe, 234
Jack
son, Michael, 278–79, 286–87
Jacobs, Gail, 219, 220, 280, 336
Jane (Weeks, Jamie’s Harvard roommate), 140, 141
Jeff (Jamie’s boyfriend), 204, 209, 219
Jet (Jamie’s boyfriend), 209, 215, 216, 219, 232, 237, 238, 239
John, Elton, 104
Jones, Grace, 277
Jones, Gwyneth, 236
Jones, Quincy, 286
Kahn, Rabbi Judah, 213
Kahn, Madeline, 201
Karajan, Eliette von, 174
Karajan, Herbert von, 174
Karen (Bernstein, Jamie’s cousin), 309–10, 364
Kathie (Gibel, Jamie’s classmate), 112
Kaye, Judy, 299
Kennedy, Caroline, 50, 51, 53, 54
Kennedy, Eunice, 50
Kennedy, Jacqueline. See Onassis, Jacqueline
Kennedy Kennedy, Joe, 88
Kennedy, John F., 46, 49–50, 51
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 51, 53, 54–55
Kennedy, Pat, 50
Kennedy, Robert F., 79, 88, 90
Kerner, Leighton, 272
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 87, 88, 112
Klagsbrun, Dr. Samuel, 321, 322
Kling, Elizabeth, 356–57, 358
Klingman, Moogy, 223
Kohout, Pavel, 188
Koussevitzky, Serge, 125, 345
Kraut, Harry, 141–43, 146, 150–51, 183, 191, 194, 196, 203–4, 215, 220, 245, 251, 252, 253, 254, 260, 262, 263, 264, 279, 281, 283, 291–92, 295, 296, 299, 305–6, 308, 310, 316, 320, 321, 322, 323, 327, 331–32, 333, 346, 359
Kyle, Steve, 235–36
Laurents, Arthur, 13, 25, 283, 284, 332
Lead Belly, 87
Lennon, John, 61–63, 233, 247–48
Lennon, Sean, 233
Lerner, Alan Jay, 179, 181, 183
Liberson, Brigitta See Zorina, Vera
Lieberson, Goddard, 143
Lieberson, Jonathan, 143
Lieberson, Peter, 143–44
Linn (Johnson, Jamie’s school friend), 86, 105, 106
Lisa (Morrison. Jamie’s school friend), 40
Luckinbill, Laurence, 188
Ludwig, Christa, 312
Luis (Rodriguez, valet), 39
Lumet, Sidney, 13
Ma, Yo-Yo, 299
Marjorie (David, Jamie’s L.A. housemate), 249, 260, 262, 272–73, 275
Mark (Stringer, aspiring conductor), 303
Martin, Steve, 200, 201, 253
Marx, Dr. Paul, 321
M.A.T. (Mark Adams Taylor), 315–16
Mauceri, John, 253, 272, 311
McCarthy, Eugene, 90–91, 94
McCartney, Paul, 62–63, 79
McClure, John, 95
McFerrin, Bobby, 300
McNally, Terrence, 160
Meader, Vaughn, 50, 54
Meat Loaf, 222
Menuhin, Yehudi, 217
Milhaud, Darius, 46
Miller, Arthur, 304
Miller, Jonathan, 312
Miller, Steve, 104
Mindlin, “Uncle” Mikey, 75, 97, 279
Mitchell, Joni, 276
Mohamed (Camara, eleven-year-old trombone player), 356
Montealegre, Chita. See Cohn, Chita
Montealegre Montealegre, Felicia. See Bernstein, Felicia
Montealegre Munch, Charles, 52
Muni, Scott, 248
Nancy (McClelland, Jamie’s classmate), 87
Newman, Phyllis, 71, 218, 236, 319, 324
Nichols, Annabel, 196
Nichols, Jenny, 196
Nichols, Max, 196
Nichols, Mike, 13, 21–22, 53, 100, 106, 139, 140–41, 196, 197, 218, 304, 357, 358
Nick (Jamie’s boyfriend), 108–9, 113–15, 119, 120–21, 122, 126, 128, 129–30, 200, 273, 287
Nixon, Richard, 49, 95, 135, 164, 168, 181, 192, 305, 335
Norma (Nuñez, Caracas guide), 352
Nyro, Laura, 102–3
Obama, Barack, 335
Ofra (Bikel, Shirley Bernstein’s friend), 114, 332
O’Horgan, Tom, 251
Ollmann, Kurt, 281
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 50, 51, 53–54, 79, 130, 135, 215
O’Neal, Cynthia, 236
Ono, Yoko, 233
Oppenheim, David, 357
Oppenheim, Jonathan, 357
Ormandy, Eugene, 172
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 51, 60
Ozawa, Seiji, 300
Pack, David, 239, 241, 242, 245, 248–49, 251, 259, 267, 275, 280, 285, 286, 287, 306
Pack, Gale, 242, 249
Paredes, Dietrich, 355
Patty (Pulliam, chef), 329, 337–38
Pavarotti, Luciano, 281
Perkins, Tony, 102
Perl, Otto, 37–38, 79
Peter (Jamie’s boyfriend), 145, 147
Peyser, Joan, 295–96
Phillip (Allen, Leonard’s assistant), 321
Poitier, Sidney, 307
Previn, André, 217
Puma, Father Vincent, 210, 211, 212, 214, 228
Radner, Gilda, 232
Raven (Burckhalter, fifth-grade violin player), 356, 357
Reagan, Ronald, 303–4, 305
Reed, Lou, 251
Remedios, Alberto, 282
Rich, Alan, 272
Richie, Lionel, 244
Rita the Popper, 38–39
Robbins, Jerry, 13, 14, 55, 94, 120, 153
Robison, Joshua, 230
Rodrigo (Guerrero, Caracas guide), 352
Romann, Jack, 297
Rosalia (Guerrero, cook), 2, 6, 7, 8, 17, 32
Ross, Diana, 244
Rostropovich, Mstislav, 154 See Rostropovich, Slava
Rostropovich, Slava, 85, 154, 217, 299
Ruby, Jack, 51, 60
Rudd (Simmons, Nina’s husband), 338
Russell, Leon, 104
Ryack, Eddie, 12
Sam (Jamie’s boyfriend), 153, 168, 171, 174
Sam (Lewitt, Jamie’s godson), 260
Sanders, George, 165
Sardi, Paul, 227
Sardi, Vincent, 227
Sawyer, Diane, 357
Schifter, Peter Mark, 268–69
Schonberg, Harold, 82, 136
Schwartz, Stephen, 131, 332
Scotto, Renata, 226
Serkin, Peter, 359
Serkin, Rudolf, 359
Sharp, William, 299
Shields, Brooke, 243
Shumlin, Herman, 35–37, 251
Simon (photographer), 102, 107
Simon, Carly, 229
Simon, Paul, 64
Smith, Bessie, 87
Solomon, Ape, 28, 32, 60 See Ed Sullivan
Solomon, Dr. Chuck, 55, 56
Sondheim, Steve, 13, 21, 25, 39, 72, 73, 85, 102, 106, 180, 183, 218, 223–24, 300, 324
Sontag, Susan, 197–98
Spader, James (“Jimmy”), 243–44
Spencer, Scott, 243
St. Clair, Carl, 319
Stammers, Frederick (chauffeur), 39
Starr, Ringo, 62, 63
Steiner, Max, 165
Steinman, Jim, 222
Stern, Isaac, 13, 71, 318, 359
Steve (Donahue, Jamie’s friend), 113, 114, 132
Stevenson, Adlai, 28
Stoltz, Eric, 361
Streisand, Barbra, 90
Styron, Bill, 73, 202, 229–30, 275, 303, 304
Styron, Rose, 202, 229, 275, 303, 304
Styron, Susanna, 230, 275, 294
Sullivan, Ed, 28
Te Kanawa, Kiri, 281, 282
Ted (Leonard’s assistant), 260, 261
Thomas, David, 231–32, 237, 275–78, 279–80, 282, 284–85, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295, 298, 306, 309, 315, 318, 321, 325, 327, 331–32, 333, 337
Thomas, Evan, 310–11, 314, 316, 318, 320, 324–25, 333, 337, 338
Thomas, Frankie, 293, 294–95, 299, 307, 310, 311, 315, 318, 320, 325, 327, 333, 336, 337, 338
Thomas, Lewis, 197
Thomas, Michael Tilson,
230, 297, 360
Thompson, Stanford, 356
Tomlin, Lily, 200
Tony (Origlio, press agent), 238
Troyanos, Tatiana, 281
Tucker, Richard, 85
Urquhart, Craig, 317, 330
Vega, Julia, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 14, 17, 27, 32, 33, 45, 49, 107, 108, 141, 158, 169, 186, 189, 215, 216–17, 219, 235, 242, 248, 258, 284–85, 299, 307, 308, 309, 320, 321–22, 325, 333–34, 335, 337, 338, 348, 363–64
Vince (Mauro, Jamie’s manager), 275, 278, 280, 287, 294, 306
Vishnevskaya, Galina, 85, 226
Wager, Michael (“Mendy”), 160–63, 173, 193, 194, 195, 209, 211, 214, 218, 232, 324, 325–26, 327
Walter, Bruno, 4, 29
Walton, William, 193
Weill, Kurt, 300
Weisgal, Emanuel. See Wager, Michael (“Mendy”)
Wells, John, 312
Wenner, Jann, 202
Wheeler, Hugh, 312
White, Mr. (Louis L.), 41
Wilder, Thornton, 55
Willie (Woo, Jamie’s friend), 105
Wolfe, Tom, 110, 116, 117
Wyatt, Lynn, 269
Wyner, Yehudi, 216
Zea, Dr. Paul, 38
Zebadiah (Coombs, seventh-grade viola player), 356, 357
Zeffirelli, Franco, 242
Zinsser, Stephen Wadsworth, 255, 256, 257, 258, 265–66, 268–69
Zorina, Vera, 143
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