George Gershwin : an intimate portrait /

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George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rimler, Walter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Gershwin, George, > 1898-1937.
Gershwin, George, > 1898-1937
Composers > United States > Biography.
Compositeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
Composers
United States
Electronic resource.
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From street kid to Wunderkind
  • Falling in love with Kay
  • A piano concerto
  • Ira takes a wife
  • Porgy
  • Paris
  • "That long drip of human tears"
  • The losing streak begins
  • "Something big"
  • "Don't make it too good, George!"
  • Kay, Jimmy, and FDR
  • The heart of American music
  • Kay's divorce
  • Todd Duncan
  • Casting, rehearsals, and an omen
  • The critics have their say
  • Limbo
  • Hollywood beckons
  • Pleasure Island
  • Final concert, final affair
  • Last songs
  • Epilogue.

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