Download or read book Just Gershwin Real Book Artist Edition written by George Gershwin and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first "Artist Edition" in our bestselling Just . . . Real Book series. Containing well over 100 songs from George and Ira Gershwin, this is an invaluable resource for all musicians and fans of the Gershwin legacy. As with all books in the Just Real Book series, each arrangement is done to the highest standards. This new edition was produced with the full cooperation and approval of the Gershwin estate. Comb bound.
Download or read book George Gershwin written by Howard Pollack and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. Howard Pollack draws from a wealth of sketches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, books, articles, recordings, films, and other materials—including a large cache of Gershwin scores discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse in 1982—to create an expansive chronicle of Gershwin’s meteoric rise to fame. He also traces Gershwin’s powerful presence that, even today, extends from Broadway, jazz clubs, and film scores to symphony halls and opera houses. Pollack’s lively narrative describes Gershwin’s family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38. Unlike Kern, Berlin, and Porter, who mostly worked within the confines of Broadway and Hollywood, Gershwin actively sought to cross the boundaries between high and low, and wrote works that crossed over into a realm where art music, jazz, and Broadway met and merged. The author surveys Gershwin’s entire oeuvre, from his first surviving compositions to the melodies that his brother and principal collaborator, Ira Gershwin, lyricized after his death. Pollack concludes with an exploration of the performances and critical reception of Gershwin's music over the years, from his time to ours.
Download or read book Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue written by Anna Harwell Celenza and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Gershwin only has a few weeks to compose a concerto. His piece is supposed to exemplify American music and premiere at a concert entitled "An Experiment in Modern Music." Homesick for New York while rehearsing for a musical in Boston, he soon realizes that American music is much like its people, a great melting pot of sounds, rhythms, and harmonies. JoAnn Kitchel's illustrations capture the 1920s in all their art deco majesty.
Download or read book The Music in George s Head written by Suzanne Slade and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Junior Library Guild Selection Booklist Editors' Top 10 Arts Books for Youth California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young Readers Parents' Choice Gold Award Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration Meet the famous composer George Gershwin and learn about his remarkabke composition "Rhapsody In Blue" in this engaging nonficftion picture book biography. George Gershwin heard music all the time—at home, at school, even on New York City's busy streets. Classical, ragtime, blues, and jazz—George's head was filled with a whole lot of razzmatazz! With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin combined various kinds of music to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes, sounds, and one long wail of a clarinet. Includes author's note, timeline, and bibliography.
Download or read book The George Gershwin Reader written by Robert Wyatt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of articles, biographical reminiscences, reviews, musical analyses, and letters relating to the life and music of George Gershwin.
Download or read book The Real Book Volume VI written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). The Real Books are the most popular jazz books of all time. This sixth volume features 400 more songs presented in Real Book notation, including: As Time Goes By * Baker Street * Begin the Beguine * Blue Rondo a La Turk * But Not for Me * Cute * Embraceable You * Emily * Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread) * Goldfinger * Good Bait * Happy Talk * I Only Have Eyes for You * I'm Walkin' * Jumpin' at the Woodside * Just One of Those Things * Just You, Just Me * Kidney Stew Blues * Laura * Lester Leaps In * Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) * Love for Sale * Luck Be a Lady * The Man I Love * Man in the Mirror * Moonlight Serenade * New York, New York * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Nobody but You (Gershwin) * Oblivion * One for Daddy-O * 'S Wonderful * Shiny Stockings * Somethin' Else * Summer Wind * Tea for Two * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Volare * You and the Night and the Music * You Stepped Out of a Dream * and more!
Download or read book The Real Book Volume VI written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). The Real Books are the most popular jazz books of all time. This sixth volume features 400 more songs presented in Real Book notation, with no duplication from previous volumes! Includes: As Time Goes By * Baker Street * Begin the Beguine * Blue Rondo a La Turk * But Not for Me * Cute * Embraceable You * Emily * Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread) * Goldfinger * Good Bait * Happy Talk * I Only Have Eyes for You * I'm Walkin' * Jumpin' at the Woodside * Just One of Those Things * Just You, Just Me * Kidney Stew Blues * Laura * Lester Leaps In * Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) * Love for Sale * Luck Be a Lady * The Man I Love * Man in the Mirror * Moonlight Serenade * New York, New York * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Nobody but You (Gershwin) * Oblivion * One for Daddy-O * 'S Wonderful * Shiny Stockings * Somethin' Else * Summer Wind * Tea for Two * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Volare * You and the Night and the Music * You Stepped Out of a Dream * and more!
Download or read book Rhapsody written by Mitchell James Kaplan and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Mitchell James Kaplan [brings] his impressive knowledge of history, composition, and the heart’s whims to bear on this shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin’s star-crossed love.” —Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z and A Good Neighborhood “A lilting, jazzy ballad as catchy as a Gershwin tune…Rhapsody will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin. Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George’s talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George’s death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction, for fans of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.
Download or read book Summertime George Gershwin s Life in Music written by Richard Crawford and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters. New York City native and gifted pianist George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway, where he fashioned his own brand of American music. He composed a long run of musical comedies, many with his brother Ira as lyricist, but his aspirations reached beyond commercial success. A lifetime learner, Gershwin was able to appeal to listeners on both sides of the purported popular-classical divide. In 1924—when he was just twenty-five—he bridged that gap with his first instrumental composition, Rhapsody in Blue, an instant classic premiered by Paul Whiteman’s jazz orchestra, as the anchor of a concert entitled “An Experiment in Modern Music.” From that time forward his work as a composer, pianist, and citizen of the Jazz Age made him in some circles a leader on America’s musical scene. The late1920s found him extending the range of the shows he scored to include the United Kingdom, and he published several articles to reveal his thinking about a range of musical matters. Moreover, having polished his skills as an orchestrator, he pushed boundaries again in 1935 with the groundbreaking folk opera, Porgy and Bess—his magnum opus. Gershwin’s talent and warmth made him a presence in New York’s musical and social circles (and linked him romantically with pianist-composer Kay Swift). In 1936 he and Ira moved west to write songs for Hollywood. Their work was cut short, however, when George developed a brain tumor and died at thirty-eight, a beloved American artist. 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 discussion of Gershwin’s unforgettable oeuvre. His days on earth were limited to the summertime of life. But the spirit and inventive vitality of the music he left behind lives on.
Download or read book The Gershwins and Me written by Michael Feinstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal. Now, in The Gershwins and Me, Michael Feinstein shares unforgettable stories and reminiscences from the music that defined American popular song, along with rare Gershwin memorabilia he's collected through the years. Includes an accompanying CD packed with Feinstein's original recordings of 12 Gershwins' songs.
Download or read book Jazz Theory Handbook written by Peter Spitzer and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz Theory Handbook is a complete guide to all the essential topics of jazz theory, suitable for all treble instruments. Its approach is clear and concise,realistic and practical. This book will help you to understand how contemporaryjazz players think, and to apply theory concepts in your own playing. Subjects are introduced progressively, with each new one based on those introduced before. Topics include chord building, harmonic movement, modes, II-V-I licks, polychords, blues, rhythm changes, how to learn tunes, practice techniques,playing outside, and more. All of the book's musical examples are performed on the accompanying audio, along with sample solos and 3 play-along tracks with a great rhythm section. Jazz Theory Handbook is designed for both self- study andclassroom use. Audio download available online
Download or read book Jazz Practice Ideas with Your Real Book written by Andy McWain and published by Fuller Street Music & Media. This book was released on 2015-06-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-Six Jazz Practice Ideas to Get the Most from Your Real Book You may know about the REAL BOOK, but what you probably don’t know is how much MUSICAL PROGRESS can be accomplished with only a single fake book! Don’t know what to practice? Don’t want to waste valuable time? Based on years of university-level teaching, the author of this book gives jazz musicians: Simple, focused melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic strategies on how to use their limited practicing time more efficiently Easy-to-understand practice ideas for any jazz musician to apply over any real book tunes A blueprint of improvisation tips to avoid the pitfalls of directionless practicing Here’s the beginner/intermediate jazz strategy list you’ve never seen before: Thirty-six actionable melodic ideas, harmonic ideas, rhythmic and metric tips, ear training exercises, and basic arranging and composition blueprints, and more… Do you know why many young musicians fail? Why intermediate-level musicians get stuck? Do you feel like the secrets of WHAT and HOW to practice jazz improvisation are out of your reach? Do you want to really deepen your connection to the music you play? Sometimes jazz musicians want to get better, but don’t always know how — even with the help of a teacher. These thirty-six jazz practice ideas cover a wide range of modern jazz improvisation strategies, presented in clear topic chapters to provide the most effective results for beginner and intermediate players. You want to know what to practice? Any real book or fake book tune. Okay, now what? Choose one or more of these 36 actionable practice ideas and make real progress with your musical abilities: improvisation and soloing, ear training, connecting harmony, and more. For jazz piano, jazz guitar, jazz saxophone, jazz trumpet, jazz bass, jazz voice, jazz trombone, jazz drums, and all other improvising instruments.
Download or read book The New real book written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume contains over 150 tunes.
Download or read book The Ultimate Fake Book for C Instruments written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 805 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). This fake book is a cornerstone for many musicians' libraries. With over 1200 songs in all styles of music, the fourth edition has been updated to include even more great songs and recent hits. From jazz standards to Broadway blockbusters and country classics to pop chart-toppers, this book has the songs you're looking for all in one convenient collection. Arranged in basic melody/lyric/chords format for all "C" instruments. Songs include: All the Things You Are * Blue Skies * Body and Soul * Come Fly With Me * Endless Love * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) * The House of the Rising Sun * Love and Marriage * Memory * Moon River * Mustang Sally * Night Moves * Piano Man * Satin Doll * Shout * Smooth * Start Me Up * Strawberry Fields Forever * Tears in Heaven * Unforgettable * hundreds more!
Download or read book George Gershwin written by Rodney Greenberg and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 1998-04-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expert biography places Gershwin's music within the context of his frenetic lifestyle to show how a teenage song-plugger became internationally renowned in a career that spanned a mere two decades. It also brings home the realization that Gershwin's tragic death aged only 38 robbed us of untold musical treasures.
Download or read book How to Play from a Fake Book Music Instruction written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano). Ever wondered how to create better accompaniments for the melodies in your favorite fake books? This "teach yourself" book introduces you to chord building, various rhythmic styles, and much more, so that you play the songs you like just the way you want them. Keyboard players with a basic understanding of notation and sight-reading will be on their way to more fun with fake books. The relaxed tone of the text and selection of fun songs keep How to Play from a Fake Book entertaining throughout perfect for amateur musicians, or as a supplement for keyboard teachers and their students.
Download or read book America I Hear You written by Barbara Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the life and musical career of the composer who wrote a number of popular musicals and brought jazz into the realm of acceptable and respectable music.
