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100 _aCrawford, Richard
_d1935-
_eauthor.
_9984
245 1 0 _aSummertime :
_bGeorge Gershwin's life in music /
_cRichard Crawford.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW. W. Norton & Company,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _axxix, 594 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, music ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aComposer 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.
520 _aGershwin 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 composition, Rhapsody in Blue, was an instant classic premiered by Paul Whiteman's jazz orchestra. Having polished his skills as an orchestrator, he pushed boundaries again in 1935 with the groundbreaking folk opera, Porgy and Bess. Crawford traces the arc of Gershwin's life, blending colorful anecdotes with a discussion of Gershwin's unforgettable oeuvre." --
520 _aThe life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters.
600 1 0 _aGershwin, George,
_d1898-1937.
_9985
650 0 _aComposers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_9986
655 7 _aBiographies.
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