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The Gershwin years : George and Ira

Title: The Gershwin years : George and Ira / by Edward Jablonski and Lawrence D. Stewart ; with an introduction by Carl van Vechten.
Author: Jablonski, Edward.
Publication: New York : Da Capo Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Stewart, Lawrence D. (Lawrence Delbert), 1926-

Description

402 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

The Gershwin Years is both the definitive biography of the Gershwin brothers and a lavishly illustrated chronicle of the American era their music and lyrics embodied. George (1898-1937) and Ira (1896-1983) drew inspiration from its varied faces - black culture for Porgy and Bess, the frantic sophistication of the 1920s for such musical comedies as Funny Face and Girl Crazy, the tumult of American politics for the satirical of Thee I Sing.
This dual biography celebrates their musical achievements while offering a revealing inside look at the brothers themselves: from George's Tin Pan Alley days as a song plugger and Ira's first attempts at lyric writing to their conquest of Broadway and Hollywood, from their collaborations and George's solo compositions (Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto in F, and An American In Paris) to George's death from a brain tumor and Ira's later work with Kern, Weill, and Arlen.
The Gershwin Years presents an authoritative, visually stunning, and altogether delightful account of the "Wright Brothers" of American music.

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Note

"An unabridged republication of the edition published in New York in 1973 ... with the addition of a new discography and updates to the bibliography"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1958.

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ISBN

0306807394 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96022950

OCLC

ocm34788003

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries