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George Gershwin

Author : Howard Pollack
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520933141
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book George Gershwin written by Howard Pollack and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. Howard Pollack draws from a wealth of sketches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, books, articles, recordings, films, and other materials—including a large cache of Gershwin scores discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse in 1982—to create an expansive chronicle of Gershwin’s meteoric rise to fame. He also traces Gershwin’s powerful presence that, even today, extends from Broadway, jazz clubs, and film scores to symphony halls and opera houses. Pollack’s lively narrative describes Gershwin’s family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38. Unlike Kern, Berlin, and Porter, who mostly worked within the confines of Broadway and Hollywood, Gershwin actively sought to cross the boundaries between high and low, and wrote works that crossed over into a realm where art music, jazz, and Broadway met and merged. The author surveys Gershwin’s entire oeuvre, from his first surviving compositions to the melodies that his brother and principal collaborator, Ira Gershwin, lyricized after his death. Pollack concludes with an exploration of the performances and critical reception of Gershwin's music over the years, from his time to ours.

The George Gershwin Reader

Author : Robert Wyatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019532711X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The George Gershwin Reader written by Robert Wyatt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of articles, biographical reminiscences, reviews, musical analyses, and letters relating to the life and music of George Gershwin.

Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music

Author : Richard Crawford
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393635414
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music written by Richard Crawford and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters. New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he fashioned his own brand of American music. He composed a long run of musical comedies, many with his brother Ira as lyricist, but his aspirations reached beyond commercial success. A lifetime learner, Gershwin was able to appeal to listeners on both sides of the purported popular-classical divide. In 1924—when he was just twenty-five—he bridged that gap with his first instrumental composition, Rhapsody in Blue, an instant classic premiered by Paul Whiteman’s jazz orchestra, as the anchor of a concert entitled “An Experiment in Modern Music.” From that time forward his work as a composer, pianist, and citizen of the Jazz Age made him in some circles a leader on America’s musical scene. The late1920s found him extending the range of the shows he scored to include the United Kingdom, and he published several articles to reveal his thinking about a range of musical matters. Moreover, having polished his skills as an orchestrator, he pushed boundaries again in 1935 with the groundbreaking folk opera, Porgy and Bess—his magnum opus. Gershwin’s talent and warmth made him a presence in New York’s musical and social circles (and linked him romantically with pianist-composer Kay Swift). In 1936 he and Ira moved west to write songs for Hollywood. Their work was cut short, however, when George developed a brain tumor and died at thirty-eight, a beloved American artist. Drawing extensively from letters and contemporaneous accounts, acclaimed music historian Richard Crawford traces the arc of Gershwin’s remarkable life, seamlessly blending colorful anecdotes with a discussion of Gershwin’s unforgettable oeuvre. His days on earth were limited to the summertime of life. But the spirit and inventive vitality of the music he left behind lives on.

George Gershwin

Author : Wolfram Schwinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book George Gershwin written by Wolfram Schwinger and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

George Gershwin

Author : Jürgen Schebera
Publisher : Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag GmbH
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Gershwin written by Jürgen Schebera and published by Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 1994 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anschauliches Porträt des populären amerikanischen Komponisten (1898-1937).

The Cambridge Companion to Gershwin

Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108423531
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Gershwin written by Anna Harwell Celenza and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how Gershwin's iconic music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests as well as technological advances.

Europäische Tradition und musical americanism

Author : Jennifer Ruwe
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 363801066X
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Europäische Tradition und musical americanism written by Jennifer Ruwe and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (Musikwissenschaften), 36 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit soll die Untersuchung der Einflüsse der traditionellen europäischen Kunstmusik auf das sinfonische und konzertante Schaffen Gershwins stehen. Inwieweit folgt der Komponist den Traditionen der gewählten Gattungen? Welche Kenntnis hatte Gershwin überhaupt von der europäischen Kunstmusik? Und wie verbinden sich diese Vorstellungen mit der Ideologie des Musical Americanism in seinen Werken? Es soll versucht werden, ausgehend von der musikalischen Analyse der Werke Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, und An American in Paris und unter Zuhilfenahme überlieferter Zitate sowie biografischen Materials, das Verhältnis des Komponisten zur europäischen Musiktradition einerseits und der amerikanischen Identität andererseits herauszustellen.

George Gershwin

Author : Hanspeter Krellmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Gershwin written by Hanspeter Krellmann and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In der Musikgeschichte bildet George Gershwin einen Sonderfall. Er, der Leichtschaffende, schwebte zwischen den Genres, pendelte zwischen den Richtungen, fühlte sich wohl auf Zwischenplätzen, war auf vielen Feldern heimisch und hatte als Komponist doch nur ein Ziel: sich im Lied auszudrücken. Liedhaft hatte alles zu sein, was er anfaßte; zum Singen, zum Nachsingen mußte es sich am Ende eignen. Er komponierte leicht wie Mozart und Offenbach. Melodienfülle stand ihm zu Gebote wie diesen beiden, wie dem Liedmeister Schubert auch, wie Johann Strauß. Alles bei ihm aber ist auf melodiöse Floskeln zu reduzieren, auf den vortrefflichen thematischen Einfall, an dem es ihm nicht gebrach. Diesen Phänomen ordnet sich, was er komponiert hat, unter, der einzeln stehende Schlager so gut wie die Opernarie, der Klavierblues so überzeugend wie der versiert instrumentierte Abschnitt in einem seiner Konzertwerke.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Vaudeville Performers

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1976 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular Vaudeville Performers written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Er komponierte Amerika

Author : Wolfram Schwinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Er komponierte Amerika written by Wolfram Schwinger and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pianist's Craft

Author : Richard P. Anderson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810882051
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Pianist's Craft written by Richard P. Anderson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No pianist can experience the full flowering of her art without eventually grappling with those great musical minds who composed specifically for piano. In The Pianist's Craft, Richard Anderson collects from his fellow pianist-scholars 19 articles on the teaching, preparation, and performance of works by the greatest composers in the standard piano repertoire. This collection ranges in subject matter from Inge Rosar's meditation on playing Bach on the modern keyboard to Gary Amato's assessment of Haydn's sonatas, from Christie Skousen's review of tone production in Chopin to GwenolynMok's foray into recreating Ravel's works on an Erard piano, the same used by Ravel himself. Readers will find essays as well on Mozart's piano compositions, Beethoven's sonatas, the influence of Schubert's lieder on his piano works, and works by Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bart k, Gershwin, and Crumb. The contributors--all recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions as performing artists, teachers, recording artists, and clinicians--write thoughtfully about the composers whose work they have studied and played for years. Each author addresses issues unique to the individual composer they have chosen to explore, examining questions of phrasing, tempo, articulation, dynamics, rhythm, color, gesture, lyricism, instrumentation, and genre. Valuable insight is provided into teaching, performing, and preparing these great works. In The Pianist's Craft these great artists and teachers answer questions for readers that are otherwise only addressed in conferences, master classes, and private lessons. In this collection of essays, key points of information and instruction are offered with over 200 musical examples included as illustration. The Pianist's Craft is intended for teachers and students of the intermediate and advanced levels of piano, instructors and performers at the university level, and those who love piano and piano music generally.

George Gershwin. (1. -3. Taus.)

Author : Christian Longolius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book George Gershwin. (1. -3. Taus.) written by Christian Longolius and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catalog of Copyright Entries

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Soundtrack Available

Author : Arthur Knight
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822380986
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Soundtrack Available written by Arthur Knight and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-03 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the silent era to the present day, popular music has been a key component of the film experience. Yet there has been little serious writing on film soundtracks that feature popular music. Soundtrack Available fills this gap, as its contributors provide detailed analyses of individual films as well as historical overviews of genres, styles of music, and approaches to film scoring. With a cross-cultural emphasis, the contributors focus on movies that use popular songs from a variety of genres, including country, bubble-gum pop, disco, classical, jazz, swing, French cabaret, and showtunes. The films discussed range from silents to musicals, from dramatic and avant-garde films to documentaries in India, France, England, Australia, and the United States. The essays examine both “nondiegetic” music in film—the score playing outside the story space, unheard by the characters, but no less a part of the scene from the perspective of the audience—and “diegetic” music—music incorporated into the shared reality of the story and the audience. They include analyses of music written and performed for films, as well as the now common practice of scoring a film with pre-existing songs. By exploring in detail how musical patterns and structures relate to filmic patterns of narration, character, editing, framing, and mise-en-scene, this volume demonstrates that pop music is a crucial element in the film experience. It also analyzes the life of the soundtrack apart from the film, tracing how popular music circulates and acquires new meanings when it becomes an official soundtrack. Contributors. Rick Altman, Priscilla Barlow, Barbara Ching, Kelley Conway, Corey Creekmur, Krin Gabbard, Jonathan Gill, Andrew Killick, Arthur Knight, Adam Knee, Jill Leeper, Neepa Majumdar, Allison McCracken, Murray Pomerance, Paul Ramaeker, Jeff Smith, Pamela Robertson Wojcik, Nabeel Zuberi

Poitier Revisited

Author : Ian Gregory Strachan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1623569230
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Poitier Revisited written by Ian Gregory Strachan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sidney Poitier remains one of the most recognizable black men in the world. Widely celebrated but at times criticized for the roles he played during a career that spanned 60 years, there can be no comprehensive discussion of black men in American film, and no serious analysis of 20th century American film history that excludes him. Poitier Revisited offers a fresh interrogation of the social, cultural and political significance of the Poitier oeuvre. The contributions explore the broad spectrum of critical issues summoned up by Poitier's iconic work as actor, director and filmmaker. Despite his stature, Poitier has actually been under-examined in film criticism generally. This work reconsiders his pivotal role in film and American race relations, by arguing persuasively, that even in this supposedly 'post-racial' moment of Barack Obama, the struggles, aspirations, anxieties, and tensions Poitier's films explored are every bit as relevant today as when they were first made.

George Gershwin im Spiegel seiner Zeit

Author : Edward Jablonski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783726560263
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book George Gershwin im Spiegel seiner Zeit written by Edward Jablonski and published by . This book was released on 1992-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Charlesbridge
ISBN 13 : 1607340372
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue written by Anna Harwell Celenza and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Gershwin only has a few weeks to compose a concerto. His piece is supposed to exemplify American music and premiere at a concert entitled "An Experiment in Modern Music." Homesick for New York while rehearsing for a musical in Boston, he soon realizes that American music is much like its people, a great melting pot of sounds, rhythms, and harmonies. JoAnn Kitchel's illustrations capture the 1920s in all their art deco majesty.