George Gershwin /
George Gershwin, one of America's best-loved twentieth-century composers, left a rich legacy of popular music that includes musicals, concert pieces, an opera, and movie scores. In this book, Larry Starr focuses fresh attention on George Gershwin's Broadway contributions and examines their...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Yale Broadway masters
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Table of Contents:
- In lieu of biography : concepts and images from a short but full life
- In search of Gershwin's style
- In search of the Gershwin musical, featuring Lady, be good! With special appearances by Oh, Kay! and other surprise guests
- Entr'acte : the showman in the concert hall
- Something completely different : Of thee I sing and the musical as a "work"
- The nonpareil : Porgy and Bess in Catfish Row, on Broadway, in America, and throughout the world
- An unintended Hollywood coda
- Principal works by George Gershwin.