Download or read book Popular Performer Gershwin The Songs of George Ira Gershwin written by George Gershwin and published by Popular Performer. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Gershwin and his older brother Ira wrote the music for more than 12 Broadway shows and four films. This volume revisits the best of these songs, which have become favorites of singers, instrumentalists and audiences. Their unforgettable melodies, exciting rhythms, and clever lyrics are captured in these early advanced arrangements by Melody Bober. These piano solos are perfect for lessons, recitals, or social gatherings. Titles: Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * I Got Rhythm * I've Got a Crush on You * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * The Man I Love * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Someone to Watch Over Me * Summertime * They Can't Take That Away from Me. 56 pages.
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 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 Four Songs by George Gershwin written by George Gershwin and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging and musically rewarding advanced duo piano arrangements of four of Gershwin's most popular songs: But Not for Me * It Ain't Necessarily So * Someone to Watch over Me * 'S Wonderful/Funny Face. This addition to the two-piano repertoire was an official requirement of the 2008 Murray Dranoff International Piano Competition. "But Not for Me," "It Ain't Necessarily So," and "'S Wonderful / Funny Face" are Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selections.
Download or read book The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Soprano written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. SOPRANO CONTENTS: Bess, You Is My Woman * Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I Loves You, Porgy * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * The Man I Love * Maybe * My Man's Gone Now * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).
Download or read book Broadway to Main Street written by Laurence Maslon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, author Laurence Maslon tells the story of how the most beloved songs of the American Musical Theater made their way from the Theater District to living rooms across the country. The crossroads where the music of Broadway meets popular culture is an expansive and pervasive juncture throughout most of the twentieth century--from sheet music to radio broadcasts to popular and original cast recordings--and continues to influence culture today through television, streaming, and the Internet. The original Broadway cast album--from the 78 rpm recording of Oklahoma! to the digital download of Hamilton--is one of the most successful, yet undervalued, genres in the history of popular recording. The challenge of capturing musical narrative with limited technology inspired the imagination of both the recording industry and millions of listeners: between 1949 and 1969, fifteen different original cast albums hit number one on the popular music charts, ultimately tallying more weeks at number one than all of the albums by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles combined. The history of Broadway music is also the history of American popular music; the technological, commercial, and marketing forces of communications and media over the last century were inextricably bound up in the enterprise of bringing the musical gems of New York's Theater District to living rooms along Main Streets across the nation. Featuring new interviews with Stephen Schwartz, Chita Rivera, Steve Lawrence, and prominent record producers and music critics, the story of this commercial and emotional phenomenon is told here in full--from the imprimatur of sheet music from Broadway in the early 20th century to the renaissance of Broadway music in the digital age, folding in the immense impact of show music on American culture and in the context of the recording industry, popular tastes, and our shared national identity. A book which connects cherished cultural artifacts to the emotional narratives at the core of American popular music, Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America is an ideal companion for all fans of American musical theater and popular music.
Download or read book The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Baritone written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. BARITONE CONTENTS: Bess, You Is My Woman * Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I Loves You, Porgy * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * Maybe * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).
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 The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Tenor written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. TENOR CONTENTS: Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * Maybe * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)
Download or read book The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Mezzo Soprano Belter written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. MEZZO-SOPRANO/BELTER CONTENTS: Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * The Man I Love * Maybe * My Man's Gone Now * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).
Download or read book George and Ira Gershwin written by George Gershwin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meet George Gershwin At The Keyboard written by George Gershwin and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrific collection of songs by George Gershwin that the composer has arranged as piano solos. Ideal for the intermediate pianist and a great insight into the mind of one America's greatest composers. Titles: The Man I Love * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * Do It Again * Fascinating Rhythm * Oh, Lady Be Good * Somebody Loves Me * Sweet and Low Down * Clap Yo' Hands * Do Do Do * My One and Only * 'S Wonderful * Strike Up the Band * I Got Rhythm * Who Cares? * That Certain Feeling * Liza
Download or read book Fascinating Rhythm written by Deena Rosenberg and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers special insight into some of the most popular songs of the twentieth century
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 best of George Gershwin written by George Gershwin and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sheet Music of George Gershwin written by Thomas Inglis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Journey to Greatness written by David Ewen and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
