George Gershwin : an intimate portrait /
Rimler, Walter.
George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / Walter Rimler. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009. - 204 pages. : illustrations. ; 25 cm. - Music in American life .
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.
9780252034442 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252034449 (cloth : alk. paper)
2008047508
GBA966764 bnb
015307155 Uk
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Composers--United States--Biography.
ML410.G288 / R55 2009
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George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / Walter Rimler. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009. - 204 pages. : illustrations. ; 25 cm. - Music in American life .
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.
9780252034442 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252034449 (cloth : alk. paper)
2008047508
GBA966764 bnb
015307155 Uk
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Composers--United States--Biography.
ML410.G288 / R55 2009
21