George Gershwin

George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait

by Rimler, Walter

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Title Statements

  • Full title :George Gershwin : An Intimate Portrait / Walter Rimler.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:c2009.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (204 p., [16] p. of plates :) : ill.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780252093692, 0252093690
  • oclc:on1348215551
  • LC Classification:ML410.G288

Table of Contents

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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Subjects

Biographies Composers Composers -- Biography -- United States Gershwin, George United States

Writers

Rimler, Walter

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