George Gershwin : an intimate portrait

George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / Walter Rimler.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rimler, Walter
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.
Series:	Music in American life.
Subjects:	Gershwin, George, > 1898-1937. Composers > United States > Biography.

Table of Contents:

1: From street kid to Wunderkind
2: Falling in love with Kay
3: Piano concerto
4: Ira takes a wife
5: Porgy
6: Paris
7: That long drip of human tears
8: Losing streak begins
9: Something big
10: Don't make it too good, George!
11: Kay, Jimmy, and FDR
12: Heart of American music
13: Kay's divorce
14: Todd Duncan
15: Casting, rehearsals, and an omen
16: Critics have their say
17: Limbo
18: Hollywood beckons
19: Pleasure Island
20: Final concert, final affair
21: Last songs
22: Epilogue
Author's note
Notes
Index.