George Gershwin [[electronic resource] ] : an intimate portrait / / Walter Rimler |
Autore | Rimler Walter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina |
780.92
B |
Collana | Music in American life |
Soggetto topico | Composers - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-02897-2
9786613028976 0-252-09369-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464279203321 |
Rimler Walter | ||
Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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George Gershwin [[electronic resource] ] : an intimate portrait / / Walter Rimler |
Autore | Rimler Walter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina |
780.92
B |
Collana | Music in American life |
Soggetto topico | Composers - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-02897-2
9786613028976 0-252-09369-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788996903321 |
Rimler Walter | ||
Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / / Walter Rimler |
Autore | Rimler Walter |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina |
780.92
B |
Collana | Music in American life |
Soggetto topico | Composers - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-02897-2
9786613028976 0-252-09369-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828500503321 |
Rimler Walter | ||
Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The man that got away / / Walter Rimler |
Autore | Rimler Walter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.42164092 |
Collana | Music in American Life |
Soggetto topico | Composers - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-252-08392-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Buffalo, NY -- New York, NY -- "Get happy" -- The Cotton Club -- Anya -- "Stormy weather" -- On Broadway with Ira and Yip -- "Last night when we were young" -- Marriage -- Death of Gershwin -- Hooray for what! -- The wizard of Oz -- An itinerant songwriter -- Writing with Johnny Mercer -- "One for my baby" -- "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive" -- St. Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459234903321 |
Rimler Walter | ||
Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The man that got away / / Walter Rimler |
Autore | Rimler Walter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.42164092 |
Collana | Music in American Life |
Soggetto topico | Composers - United States |
ISBN | 0-252-08392-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Buffalo, NY -- New York, NY -- "Get happy" -- The Cotton Club -- Anya -- "Stormy weather" -- On Broadway with Ira and Yip -- "Last night when we were young" -- Marriage -- Death of Gershwin -- Hooray for what! -- The wizard of Oz -- An itinerant songwriter -- Writing with Johnny Mercer -- "One for my baby" -- "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive" -- St. Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792500703321 |
Rimler Walter | ||
Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The man that got away / / Walter Rimler |
Autore | Rimler Walter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.42164092 |
Collana | Music in American Life |
Soggetto topico | Composers - United States |
ISBN | 0-252-08392-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Buffalo, NY -- New York, NY -- "Get happy" -- The Cotton Club -- Anya -- "Stormy weather" -- On Broadway with Ira and Yip -- "Last night when we were young" -- Marriage -- Death of Gershwin -- Hooray for what! -- The wizard of Oz -- An itinerant songwriter -- Writing with Johnny Mercer -- "One for my baby" -- "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive" -- St. Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806822103321 |
Rimler Walter | ||
Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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