George Gershwin : his life and work /
| Πρώτος συγγραφέας: | Pollack, Howard |
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :,
University of California Press,,
c2006.
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Table of contents only Publisher description Contributor biographical information |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Gershwin and his family
- Gershwin's musical education to the 'Rhapsody in blue' (1924)
- Gershwin and the new popular music
- The popular pianist
- Toward a career in the theater
- Gershwin among his friends
- Later studies
- Gershwin and the great tradition
- Gershwin and popular music and jazz after 1920
- Working methods
- Gershwin the man.
- From "Ragging the Traumerei" (ca. 1913) to 'The Capitol revue' (1919)
- From 'Morris Gest's midnight whirl' (1919) to 'The perfect fool' (1921)
- From 'The French doll' to 'Our Nell' (1922)
- From 'The sunshine trail' to 'Sweet little devil' (1923)
- The 'Rhapsody in blue' (1924)
- The 'Scandals of 1924', 'Primrose', and 'Lady, be good!' (1924)
- 'Short story', 'Tell me more', and the Concerto in F (1925)
- 'Tip-toes' and 'Song of the flame' (1925)
- 'Oh, Kay!' and other works (1926)
- 'Strike up the band' and 'Funny face' (1927)
- 'Rosalie' and 'Treasure girl' (1928)
- 'An American in Paris' (1928) and 'East is West' (1929)
- 'Show girl' and 'The dybbuk' (1929)
- 'Girl crazy' (1930)
- 'Delicious' and the 'Second rhapsody' (1931)
- 'Of thee I sing' (1931)
- 'George Gershwin's song-book' (1932)
- The 'Cuban overture' (1932) and 'Pardon my English' (1933)
- 'Let 'em eat cake' (1933) and 'Variations on "I got rhythm"' (1934)
- 'Porgy and Bess' (1935)
- The first production of 'Porgy and Bess'
- 'Porgy and Bess' in revival
- 'Porgy and Bess' on disc, film, and the concert stage
- From 'Swing is king' (1936) to 'A damsel in distress' (1937)
- From 'The Goldwyn follies' (1938) to 'Kiss me, stupid' (1964)
- Conclusion.