George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / Walter Rimler.
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TextSeries: Music in American lifePublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.Description: 204 pages. : illustrations. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780252034442 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252034449 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 780.92 R575g 2009 21
- ML410.G288 R55 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
From street kid to Wunderkind -- Falling in love with Kay -- A piano concerto -- Ira takes a wife -- Porgy -- Paris -- "That long drip of human tears" -- The losing streak begins -- "Something big" -- "Don't make it too good, George!" -- Kay, Jimmy, and FDR -- The heart of American music -- Kay's divorce -- Todd Duncan -- Casting, rehearsals, and an omen -- The critics have their say -- Limbo -- Hollywood beckons -- Pleasure Island -- Final concert, final affair -- Last songs -- Epilogue.
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