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| Contents |
Introduction. Gershwin today -- The Gershvins -- Childhood -- Tin Pan Alley -- The apprentice -- The first song hit - the first musical comedy -- "He is the beginning of sophisticated jazz" -- The Rhapsody in Blue -- From Broadway to Piccadilly -- The house on 103rd street -- The concerto in F -- Oh Kay, Funny Face, and the piano preludes -- An American in Europe -- An American in Paris -- The man they loved -- The other Gershwin -- Expanding horizons - the Second Rhapsody -- Broadway triumphs: Girl Crazy and Of Thee I Sing -- The Cuban Overture -- Young man with a piano -- Some Broadway failures - some success elsewhere -- Porgy and Bess -- Beverly Hills -- Journey's end -- Since 1937 -- Appendixes. The plot of Porgy and Bess -- Concert works of George Gershwin -- Stage productions with Gershwin's music -- Stage productions with interpolated Gershwin songs -- Gershwin's scores to motion pictures -- Motion pictures adapted from Gershwin musicals (with Gershwin music) -- The greatest songs of George Gershwin (and the stars who introduced them). |
| Local note | Little-27888 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-368), works list (pages 330-355), discography (pages 356-362), and index. |
| LCCN | 56006192 |
