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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972136203321

Titolo

The Gershwin style : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

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

Previously issued in print: 1999.

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

This collection of articles about George Gershwin touches on such topics of research as biography, source studies, analysis, and reception, and reflects the diversity of scholarship and thought regarding the Gershwins.