Summertime : George Gershwin's life in music /

Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway. He composed a long run of musical comedies, many with his brother Ira as lyricist, but his aspirations reached beyond commercial success. In 1924-- at just twenty-five-- his first instrumental composit...

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Glavni autor: Crawford, Richard 1935- (Autor)
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Izdanje:First edition.
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  • Composer to the fore. The Gershwins : Morris and Rose and family ; A piano in the house, and elsewhere ; A songwriter emerges (1917-18) ; From Syracuse to New York (1918-19) ; Society, the music business and "George White's scandals (1920) ; "Arthur Francis" and Edward Kilenyi ; Songwriter and composer (1922) ; Americans in London (1922-23) ; A recital and experiment (1923-24) ; Rhapsody in blue (1924)
  • Ira comes aboard. Enter Ira (1924) ; A year in the life, part I (1924-25) ; A year in the life, part II (Concerto in F) ; A year in the life, part III ; In arenas old and new (1926) ; Oh, Kay! (1926) ; Ups and downs : Kaufman on the scene (1927) l From Aarons to Ziegfield (1927) ; Americans in Europe (1928) ; Back in the U.S.A. : An American in Paris (1928) ; In midcareer (1929) ; A breakup and a redo (1929-30) ; Boyfriend, songwriter, musical citizen ; Girl Crazy (1930) ; Hollywood and the second Rhapsody (1930-31) ; Of the I sing (1931) ; More downs and ups and downs (1932) ; THe last musical comedy (1933)
  • Composer in charge. A turn in the road (1933-34) ; Music by Gershwin and Porgy and Bess, act I (1935-36) ; Porgy and Bess, act II ; Porgy and Bess, act III ; Performing Porgy and Bess ; Judging Porgy and Bess ; Composer of Porgy and Bess ; Hollywood songwriter I : Shall we dance (1936-37) ; Hollywood songwriter II : A damsel in distress (1937) ; Gonna rise up singing.