Richard Crawford

Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin (18981937) blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he composed a long run of musical comedies, many with his brother Ira as lyricist. But his aspirations reached beyond commercial success. Appealing to listeners on both sides of the purported popular-classical divide, his first instrumental composition, Rhapsody in Blue, was an instant classic. He pushed boundaries again a decade later with the groundbreaking folk opera, Porgy and Besshis magnum opus. In 1936, he and Ira moved west to write songs for Hollywood, but their work was cut short when George developed a brain tumor. He died at thirty-eight, a beloved artist who had fashioned his own brand of American music. Drawing extensively from letters and contemporaneous accounts, acclaimed music historian Richard Crawford traces the arc of Gershwin's remarkable life, seamlessly blending colorful anecdotes with a celebration of his unforgettable music-making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393635416
• Artikelnr.: 59591962

Autorenporträt

Richard Crawford, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and past president of the American Musicological Society, has published ten books on American music. He lives in Michigan.