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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823593103321

Titolo

The Gershwin style [[electronic resource] ] : new looks at the music of George Gershwin / / edited by Wayne Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-772797-2

1-280-76049-4

0-19-535815-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneiderWayne Joseph <1950->

Disciplina

780.92

780/.92

Soggetti

Music - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Towards a New Reading of Gershwin; PART I: ANALYSIS AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES; 2 ""Rotating"" Porgy and Bess; 3 Gershwin's Operetta Overtures: Medley or Composition?; 4 Nice Work: Thoughts and Observations on Gershwin's Last Songs; 5 Musings on ""Nice Gershwin Tunes,"" Form, and Harmony in the Concert Music of Gershwin; 6 Gershwin's Blue Monday (1922) and the Promise of Success; PART II: RECEPTION; 7 Rhapsody in Blue: A Study in Hollywood Hagiography; 8 Gershwin on the Cover of Rolling Stone; 9 George Gershwin and Jazz; PART III: PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

10 Tracing Gershwin's Piano Rolls11 George Gershwin's Piano Rollography; 12 What about Ira?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction: The Gershwin Style, Wayne Schneider. Part 1: Analysis and Manuscript Studies. Toward a New Reading of Gershwin, Charles Hamm. Rotating Porgy and Bess, Wayne D. Shirley. Gershwin's Operetta Overtures: Medley or Composition?, Wayne Schneider. Nice Work: Thoughts and Observations on Gershwin's Last Songs, Stephen E Gilbert. Some Musing's on 'Nice Gershwin Tunes': Form, and Harmony in the Concert Music of George Gershwin, Larry Starr. Part 2: Reception. Rhapsody in Blue: A Study in Hollywood Hagiography, Charlotte



Greenspan. Gershwin on the Cover of Rolling Stone, Susan Richardson. G