Summertime : George Gershwin's Life in Music Hardback
by Richard (University of Michigan) Crawford
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George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway where he fashioned his own brand of American music.
He composed a run of musical comedies, with his brother Ira as lyricist, and several classical works while he became a favoured guest in New York social circles.
His 1924 Rhapsody in Blue was an instant classic rooted in his absorption of African American music.
A decade later came Porgy and Bess, his magnum opus.
The brothers left New York to write songs for Hollywood—but their work was cut short when George developed a brain tumour and died at thirty-eight. Richard Crawford traces the arc of Gershwin’s remarkable life, seamlessly blending colourful anecdotes with a discussion of Gershwin’s unforgettable oeuvre.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:560 pages, 8 pages of photographs
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:01/10/2019
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- ISBN:9780393052152
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:560 pages, 8 pages of photographs
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:01/10/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393052152