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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.92; 780/.92
• Soggetto topico: Music - History and criticism
• Altri autori: SchneiderWayne Joseph <1950->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Gershwin style
• ISBN: 0-19-772797-2; 1-280-76049-4; 0-19-535815-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823593103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.