George Gershwin : an intimate portrait
(2009)
By:
Rimler, Walter
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/GERSHWIN,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]
©2009
©2009
DESCRIPTION
204 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780252034442 (cloth alk. paper), 0252034449 (cloth alk. paper), 0252034449
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
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