George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait
Author:   Walter Rimler
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
ISBN:  

9780252034442


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 July 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Walter Rimler
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780252034442


ISBN 10:   0252034449
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 July 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"1.From Street Kid to Wunderkind; 2.Falling in Love With Kay; 3.A Piano Concerto; 4.Ira Takes a Wife; 5.Porgy; 6.Paris; 7.""That Long Drip of Human Tears""; 8.The Losing Streak Begins; 9.""Something Big""; 10.""Don't Make It Too Good, George!""; 11.Kay"

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A dynamic, fast-paced biography that has the verve and staccato drive of the composer himself. A fuller, more complex, more humorous, and more vulnerable picture of Gershwin than has yet appeared in print. Philip Furia, coauthor of The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists Rimler shines in weaving together anecdotes, correspondence and a wealth of interviews with the composer and his contemporaries to create a vibrant, flesh-and-blood picture of the man and his music in a readable and enjoyable book. Amanda Borschel-Dan, The Jerusalem Post, 15th Oct 2009


Author Information

Walter Rimler is the author of Not Fade Away: A Comparison of Jazz Age With Rock Era Pop Song Composers and A Gershwin Companion. His articles and fiction have appeared in Midstream, Prism International, and other publications.

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