Bibliograph

George Gershwin, Larry Starr ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block

Type

Label

George Gershwin, Larry Starr ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmusic

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

George Gershwin

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

610467010

Responsibility statement

Larry Starr ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block

Series statement

Yale Broadway masters

Summary

George Gershwin, one of America's best-loved twentieth-century composers, left a rich legacy of popular music that includes musicals, concert pieces, an opera, and movie scores. In this book, Larry Starr focuses fresh attention on George Gershwin's Broadway contributions and examines their centrality to the composer's entire career. Starr presents Gershwin as a composer with a unified musical vision--a vision developed on Broadway and used as a source of strength in his well-known concert music. In turn, Gershwin's concert-hall experience enriched and strengthened his musicals, leading eventually to his great "Broadway opera," Porgy and Bess. Through the prism of three major shows--Lady Be Good (1924), Of Thee I Sing (1931), and Porgy and Bess (1935)--Starr highlights Gershwin's distinctive contributions to the evolution of the Broadway musical. In addition, the author considers Gershwin's musical language, his compositions for the concert hall, and his movie scores for Hollywood in the light of his Broadway experience. --, Publisher description

Target audience

adult

Classification