George Gershwin His Life and Work 1st Edition by Howard Pollack ISBN 0520248643 9780520248649

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ISBN 10: 0520248643 

ISBN 13: 9780520248649

Author: Howard Pollack 

This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America’s most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. Howard Pollack draws from a wealth of sketches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, books, articles, recordings, films, and other materials—including a large cache of Gershwin scores discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse in 1982—to create an expansive chronicle of Gershwin’s meteoric rise to fame. He also traces Gershwin’s powerful presence that, even today, extends from Broadway, jazz clubs, and film scores to symphony halls and opera houses.

Pollack’s lively narrative describes Gershwin’s family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38. Unlike Kern, Berlin, and Porter, who mostly worked within the confines of Broadway and Hollywood, Gershwin actively sought to cross the boundaries between high and low, and wrote works that crossed over into a realm where art music, jazz, and Broadway met and merged. The author surveys Gershwin’s entire oeuvre, from his first surviving compositions to the melodies that his brother and principal collaborator, Ira Gershwin, lyricized after his death. Pollack concludes with an exploration of the performances and critical reception of Gershwin’s music over the years, from his time to ours.

Table of contents:

PART I. LIFE

1. Gershwin and His Family
2. Gershwin’s Musical Education to the Rhapsody in Blue
3. Gershwin and the New Popular Music
4. The Popular Pianist
5. Toward a Career in the Theater
6. Gershwin among His Friends
7. Later Studies
8. Gershwin and the Great Tradition
9. Gershwin and Popular Music and Jazz after 1920
10. Working Methods
11. Gershwin the Man

PART II. WORK
12. From “Ragging the Traumerei” to The Capitol Revue
13. From Morris Gest’s Midnight Whirl to The Perfect Fool
14. From The French Doll to Our Nell
15. From The Sunshine Trail to Sweet Little Devil
16. The Rhapsody in Blue
17. The Scandals, Primrose, and Lady, Be Good!
18. Short Story, Tell Me More, and the Concerto in F
19. Tip-Toes and Song of the Flame
20. Oh, Kay! and Other Works
21. Strike Up the Band and Funny Face
22. Rosalie and Treasure Girl
23. An American in Paris and East Is West
24. Show Girl and The Dybbuk
25. Girl Crazy
26. Delicious and the Second Rhapsody
27. Of Thee I Sing
28. George Gershwin’s Song-Book
29. The Cuban Overture and Pardon My English
30. Let ’Em Eat Cake and Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
31. Porgy and Bess
32. The First Production of Porgy and Bess
33. Porgy and Bess in Revival
34. Porgy and Bess on Disc, Film, and the Concert Stage
35. From Swing Is King to A Damsel in Distress
36. From The Goldwyn Follies to Kiss Me, Stupid

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