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100 1 _aRimler, Walter.
245 1 0 _aGeorge Gershwin :
_ban intimate portrait /
_cWalter Rimler.
260 _aUrbana :
_bUniversity of Illinois Press,
_c2009.
300 _a204 pages. :
_b illustrations. ;
_c25 cm.
490 0 _aMusic in American life
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aFrom 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.
526 _aMusic
600 1 0 _aGershwin, George,
_d1898-1937.
650 0 _aComposers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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