George Gershwin: an intimate portrait

by Rimler, Walter

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Full title :George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / Walter Rimler.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:cop. 2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Illinois Press
Place of Publication:Urbana
Language:eng
Publication Date:cop. 2009.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 vol. (204 p.-[16] p. de pl.) ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:9780252034442, 0252034449
oclc:ocn762506931
LC Classification:ML410 G288R55 2009
Dewey Decimal:780.92

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.