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The George Gershwin Reader.(Book Review)
The George Gershwin Reader. Edited by Robert Wyatt and John Andrew Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [xiv, 354 p. ISBN 0-19-513019-7. $30.00.] Chronology, bibliography, index.
The life and music of George Gershwin have occasioned a wide-ranging and voluminous mass of written commentary--beginning in the early 1920s, when the young composer of "Swanee" was celebrated as the hottest new songwriter emerging from Tin Pan Alley, and continuing to the present day. There is relatively little in this body of writing that could properly be considered scholarship, and the material itself has rarely been the subject of systematic scholarly scrutiny. Even ...
- George Gershwin: A New Biography.(Popular Composers)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes Starr, Larry September 1, 2004 700+ words
George Gershwin: A New Biography. By William G...G. Hyland's new biography of George Gershwin is written in an accessible style...Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin [New York: Simon and Schuster...
- George Gershwin: an American rhapsody. (100 years of George Gershwin music)
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) Oxford, Edward September 1, 1998 700+ words
Midnight would find George Gershwin seated at his Steinay piano...Stay"--live vibrantly on. George Gershwin powerfully influenced the future...paper. Such was the extent of George Gershwin's musical heritage. "His...
- Artist to give life to George Gershwin.(SATURDAY)(RAINBOW REVIEW: THEATER)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 25, 2003 700+ words
...have probably heard some version of a George Gershwin tune. Gershwin was a composer who...work of Gershwin is presented in "George Gershwin Alone," a solo performance piece...Department of Music. The director of "George Gershwin Alone" is Joel Zwick, who recently...
- George Gershwin
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1995 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1995 George Gershwin A whos who of popular standard song writers: Ira and George Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and Morrey...standard song writers: Ira and George Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and Morrey...
- George Gershwin in concert
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1934 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1934 George Gershwin in concert Composer and pianist George Gershwin fakes a smile at a recital in New York...concerts. violins. Composer and pianist George Gershwin fakes a smile at a recital in New York...
- The Gershwin Style: New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes BARNES, SANDRA March 1, 2000 700+ words
...Style: New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin. Edited by Wayne Schneider. New...In the wake of the centenary of George Gershwin's birth (1998) emerges a collection...promises "new looks at the music of George Gershwin," and the book delivers them. The...
- The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: American Music Teacher Johnson, Wayne December 1, 2007 700+ words
...The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin, by Joan Peyser, Hal Leonard Corporation...320pp.; $17.95 Will the real George Gershwin please stand up? Almost from the...of that celebrity. In the case of George Gershwin, much of the task of defining his...
- Fascinating rhythms: a new biography unravels the myths surrounding one of...
- Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post March 1, 2007 700+ words
George Gershwin: His Life and Work by Howard Pollack...California Press, $39.95 If George Gershwin were growing up in America today...continues. In his new biography, George Gershwin: His Life and Work, University...
