| Description |
[12] 428 pages : illustrations, facsimile, photographs ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"Compositions by George Gershwin": p. 335-352. |
| Bibliography |
"A selected George Gershwin discography": pages 353-365. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-393). |
| Summary |
A penetrating portrait of the celebrated American composer that traces his creative development against a background of his personal relationships. |
| Contents |
Family background -- Boyhood years -- The young professional -- Onward and upward -- Jazz and the concert hall -- Success personified -- The perennial troubadour -- Collector and painter -- European holiday -- The American "Frenchman" -- On the podium -- "Ladies' man" -- Hollywood muse -- Latin from Manhattan -- In analysis -- Porgy and Bess -- The final curtain. |
| Subject |
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (OCoLC)fst00039051
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| ISBN |
0672516624 |
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