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Gershwin: A Biography
by Jablonski, Edward
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385194315
- ISBN 13
- 9780385194310
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1987. xv, 436 pages, [20] leaves of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. "A self-confessed modern romantic, 'a man without traditions,' George Gershwin wrote hundreds of lively, expressive, perfectly crafted songs, the opera Porgy and Bess and longer, more pretentious works that, 50 years after his death, remain in the repetory. Arguably, he is the most popular American composer of all time. In describing Gershwin's life and career, this long book, by a prolific writer on American music and military aviation, lists the highlights, repeats many familiar anecdotes and, curiously, does not include in the bibliography the Charles Schwartz biography that for some 15 years has been regarded as the standard work. For many readers, the most interesting part of this book will be the epilogue describing the later career of Ira Gershwin, who died in 1983, after `'he had just enjoyed some of his favorite chocolates.''' - Publisher. CONTENTS: The new American Gershwins; From Tin Pan Alley . . . ; ... to Broadway "Experiment in modern music"; 1924; Modern romantic; Interlude and preludes; Hits and misses; Americans in Paris; Transition: Broadway to Hollywood; Manhattan rhapsody; Song book; Porgy and Bess; The Goldwyn coast.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039927
- Title
- Gershwin: A Biography
- Author
- Jablonski, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0385194315
- ISBN 13
- 9780385194310
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Genre & Subject / Music;
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