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On my way : the untold story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess

Title
On my way : the untold story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess / Joseph Horowitz.
Author
Horowitz, Joseph, 1948-
Publication
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2013]

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Description
xvi, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
A former New York Times music critic and award-winning author describes the contributions of the stage and film master director to Gershwin's classic American folk opera that originally premiered in 1935.
Subject
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
  • Mamoulian, Rouben > Criticism and interpretation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue. Mamoulian, Gershwin, and cultural fluidity -- Enter Porgy -- Experiments in musical theater -- Porgy and Bess -- Porgy and Bess and Hollywood.
ISBN
  • 9780393240139 (hbk.)
  • 0393240134 (hbk.)
LCCN
  • 2013013748
  • 40022598916
OCLC
  • 811599500
  • ocn811599500
  • SCSB-14465561
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Columbia University Libraries