William Hyland

George Gershwin

A New Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved. This is a fascinating new biography that no Gershwin fan-and no music fan-should be without. George Gershwin pioneered the crossover from Broadway musicals to concert audiences, culminating in what is arguably America's greatest opera, Porgy and Bess. In William G. Hyland's new biography, Gershwin's personality and music are reexamined. Hyland illustrates how the composer's craftsmanship was criticized and his music was relegated to the status of lowbrow for decades, until the relatively recent appreciation of his achievements. Yet for all of his artistic brilliance, Gershwin was vulnerable and discontented in his personal life. Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved. This is a fascinating new biography that no Gershwin fan-and no music fan-should be without.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780275981112
• ISBN-10: 0275981118
• Artikelnr.: 21841890

Autorenporträt

William S. Hyland earned a BA from Williams College in 1962 and an M.Div from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1980. From 1962 to 1976 he worked in financial management in New York and Philadelphia. From 1976 to 1996 he served as business manager and financial counselor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. In 2004 he published Fresh Bait for Fishers of Men, which focused on creative concepts for twenty-first century biblical Christianity, and in 2020 a reference book entitled Biblical Concept of Hell . Since 1977 he has been a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Youth Song Plugging Musical Influences Rhapsody in
Blue Jazz Broadway Lady Be Good and The Concerto An American in Paris Of
Thee I Sing Porgy and Bess Hollywood Personality Keeping the Flame American
Music Bibliography Index